| Lat / long: | 37.21673, -79.28308 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Gangue: | Biotite, Marble, Muscovite, Quartzite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1937 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1937 |
| Host rock: | Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Marble,Schist |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium, Smith River Allochthon, Faults |
| Tectonic: | Piedmont |
| MRDS | W031281 |
| DEP | 10080184 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008.}{Deposit:: 1937 DIREXPL ? - PROSPECTED}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUT, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938).} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |