| Lat / long: | 36.96618, -79.46504 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Orebody form: | BEDDED AND NODULAR LENSES |
| Discovery year: | 1890 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| Host type: | Marble |
| Associated type: | Pegmatite |
| Structure: | Smith River Allocthon, Ne Trending Fault Passes Through Deposit Nw Side Down, Se Side Up (Marr, 1984) |
| Tectonic: | Probably Window To Lynchburg Group Rocks Through Overlying Fork Mountain Formation Of Smith River Allocthon. |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal (?) And Weathering Alteration Of Marble To Clay |
| MRDS | VA01720 |
| DEP | 10067237 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.S., 1907, SULFATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, P. 305-327.}{Deposit:: MARR, J.D., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NUMBER 49}{Deposit:: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES ECONOMIC GIOLOGY FILE 1974} |
| Reporter | As |