| Lat / long: | 37.337, -79.08336 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Tertiary: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron |
| Ore: | Barite, Pyrite, Specularite |
| Gangue: | Marble, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1937 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1937 |
| Host rock: | Mount Athos Formation (Chopawamsic Formation);Clay Residuum |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Marble,Mica Schist |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium, Fault Just South Of Mine, Thrust Fault To North |
| Tectonic: | Piedmont |
| MRDS | W031278 |
| DEP | 10080182 |
| 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:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P.}{Deposit:: 1937 DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS, TUNNELS, SHAFTS, MINED}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |