| Lat / long: | 37.21673, -79.26642 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Secondary: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Ore: | Barite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1887 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1887 |
| Host rock: | Clay Residuum |
| Host type: | Quartzite,Mica Schist |
| Structure: | Smith River Allocthon, Formations Appear To Be Overturned |
| Tectonic: | Rift-Related Fracturing With Super Imposed Allocthons Stacks |
| Alteration processes: | Calcareous Quartzite To Clay |
| MRDS | W031288 |
| DEP | 10080190 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN.}{Deposit:: SAUNDERS, FLEMING, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P.125) 1008, 155P. (P.125-129). 305-327.}{Deposit:: HALL, JOHN, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P.125); ALSO, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1987.}{Deposit:: 1887? DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS, MINE} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |