Commodities
TertiaryBarium-Barite, Quartz
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSE, PINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlLocal Shear Zone?/Gneissic Foliation?
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Gneiss · Residual Clays
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
StructureNe-Sw Trending Blue Ridge Complex, E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Familt, Ne-Sw Trending Traverse Fault
Tectonic settingOn The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10082557
MRDS IDW055400
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.74814, -81.11453
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-709-A.