| Lat / long: | 36.6373, -81.05342 |
| Tertiary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Orebody form: | LENSE |
| Discovery year: | 1929 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Plutonic Group (Rankin Et El, 1972) |
| Associated type: | Gneiss |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trending Fries Overthrust Fault To The N And Gossan Lead Overthrust Fault To The S (Stose And Stose, 1957), Local Shear/Fracture Zone In Mylonite Gneiss (Stose And Stose, 1957) |
| Tectonic: | On The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets (Rankin, Etals, 1972) |
| MRDS | W055396 |
| DEP | 10082553 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.}{Deposit:: STOSE, A.J. AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETING 72, 233P.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS MAP I-709-A.} |
| Reporter | Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) |