| Lat / long: | 36.96646, -82.02095 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1880 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1880 |
| Host rock: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Ridge Syncline, Copper Creek Fault, Honaker Fault |
| Tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| MRDS | K001598 |
| DEP | 10025679 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.}{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: ? DIREXPL ? -DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE}{Production:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.}{Reserve-Resource:: EDMUNDSON (1938)} |
| Reporter | Fagan, James M., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |