Commodities
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENSE
Ore controlFacture/Shear Zone
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Plutonic Group (Rankin Et El, 1972)
StructureNe-Sw Trending Fries Overthrust Fault To The N And Gossan Lead Overthrust Fault To The S (Stose And Stose, 1957), Local Shear/Fracture Zone In Mylonite Gneiss (Stose And Stose, 1957)
Tectonic settingOn The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets (Rankin, Etals, 1972)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10082553
MRDS IDW055396
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.6373, -81.05342
References
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.STOSE, A.J. AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETING 72, 233P.RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS MAP I-709-A.