Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Quartz
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlE-W Trending Normal Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Galena
Other materialsQuartz
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Gneiss,Pegmatite · Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss
Associated rockGneiss,Pegmatite · Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium; E-W Trending Stone Mountain Thrust Fault Family., E-W Trending Normal Fault
Tectonic settingOrogen; Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets/Shade Valley Thrust Sheet
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID10106183
MRDS IDW031261
Alternate namesShaft Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.75536, -81.13148
References
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.STOSE & STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.EDMUNDSON (1938)