| Lat / long: | 37.55756, -79.9056 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Gangue: | Chert, Dolomite, Limestone, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1850 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1850 |
| Host rock: | Clay Residuum;Copper Ridge Formation |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski-Staunton Fault, Syncline, Faults Subsidiary To The Pulaski-Staunton Fault |
| Tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| MRDS | W031248 |
| DEP | 10080156 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE - VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES}{Deposit:: HAY, N.R.T., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE FINCASTLE SYNCLINE, BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.}{Deposit:: 1850? DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS AND TRENCH, MINED}{Deposit:: 1917 DIREXPL ? - REWORKED MINE}{Deposit:: 1935 DIREXPL N.S. HOTINGER - DUG MORE TRENCHES, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON, (1938)} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |