| Lat / long: | 37.12146, -79.34476 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Gangue: | Marble, Muscovite, Quartzite |
| Orebody form: | VEINS AND LENSES. STRATABOUND |
| Discovery year: | 1850 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1850 |
| Host rock: | Mt. Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| Host type: | Marble,Mica Schist |
| Structure: | Bowe* Creek Fault, Faulting? |
| Tectonic: | Smith River Allocthon |
| MRDS | W031290 |
| DEP | 10080192 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - MINED?}{Deposit:: DIREXPL E.T. HOWELL-DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S. |