| Lat / long: | 36.7598, -81.15953 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1938 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Residual |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Clay Residuum |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud |
| Associated rock: | Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group |
| Associated type: | Gneiss |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Byllesby Overthrust; Falls Overthrust; Fries Junction Syncline, High Knob Syncline |
| Tectonic: | Shady Valley Thrust Sheet (Unaka Belt) |
| MRDS | W031256 |
| DEP | 10080164 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: EDMNUDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.}{Deposit:: STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |