| Lat / long: | 36.74619, -81.11648 |
| Tertiary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1938 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Unicoi Formation |
| Host type: | Diorite,Arkose |
| Associated rock: | Cattron Diorite |
| Associated type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Faults, High Knob Syncline; Ne-Sw Transverse Fault And E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family Found To The North. |
| Tectonic: | Orogen; On Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets |
| MRDS | W031262 |
| DEP | 10080169 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3, 85P.}{Deposit:: STOSE & STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |