| Lat / long: | 37.3095, -79.92477 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Gangue: | Limestone |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1912 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Clay Residuum;Elbrook Formation-Limestone |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Limestone |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Read Mountain Anticline, Read-Coyner Fenster, Coyner Fault, Salem Fault, Pulaski Fault |
| Tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| MRDS | W031241 |
| DEP | 10106181 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: ANDREWS, L.E., 1952, STRUCTURE OF THE AREA NORTH OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG 4 OPEN CUT} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |