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Buckles Mine

Past Producer in Russell county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025706
MRDS ID K001634
Record type Site
Current site name Buckles Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.05373, 36.94868 (WGS84)
Elevation 590
Relative position 5.8 KM (3.6 MI) NORTHEAST OF LEBANON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lebanon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Russell

Comments on the location information

  • 260 M (853 FT) EAST OF CEDAR CREEK. ABOUT 0.75 KM (0.5 MI) NORTHWEST ON COUNTY ROAD 721 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD 640, TO A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE LEFT: MINE IS ABOUT 75 M (246 FT) EAST OF ROAD. PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE PURCHASE BOUNDARY OF THE JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.05373, 36.94868
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1902
Production years 1902-1905

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell County Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clinch Valley Barytes Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED TO BLACKFORD, VA. FOR MILLING

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PRINCIPAL WORKING IS AN OPEN CUT 23 M (75 FT) LONG, 7.6 M (25 FT) WIDE, AND 9 M (30 FT) DEEP. OTHER WORKINGS NOT DESCRIBED, BUT PROBABLY ONLY PROSPECT HOLES.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BETWEEN 1902-1905. ORE SHIPPED TO MILLING PLANT AT BLACKFORD, VA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.

  • Deposit

    1902 DIREXPL CLINCH VALLEY BARYTES COMPANY- DUG OPEN CUT, MINED

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN RESIDUAL CLAY AND AS REPLACEMENT MASSES RANGING FROM AN INCH TO A FOOT IN THICKNESS IN DOLOMITE. DOLOMITE CROPS OUT IN EACH WALL AND STRIKES N50DEGE AND DIPS 25DEGSE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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