Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENSE
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Park Plutonic Group
StructureNe-Sw Trending Blue Ridge Complex, E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family, E-W Trending Normal Fault (Stose And Stose, 1957).
Tectonic settingOn The Ston Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10082556
MRDS IDW055399
Alternate namesOld Orchard Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.75397, -81.11564
References
STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233P.RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-209-A.