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Stump 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. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025720
MRDS ID K001652
Record type Site
Current site name Stump Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.95817, 36.99896 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Relative position 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) SOUTHEAST OF HONAKER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Garden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(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

  • 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) NORTHWEST OF BLACKFORD NEAR THE CREST OF A PROMINENT RIDGE. OTHER WORKINGS ARE 350 M (1148 FT) SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN WORKINGS, ITS UTM COORDINATES ARE N 4094820 AND E 414415, ELEVATION IS 2040 FT (622 M).

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 > Limestone
  • 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) -81.95817, 36.99896
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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
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

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 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • EXTENSIVE MINING AND PROSPECTING SUGGESTS LARGE TONNAGE REMOVED FROM THE THICK RESIDUAL SOIL MANTLE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE EXTENSIVE MINING AND PROSPECTING OF THE PROPERTY AND THE PRESENT SCARCITY OF BARITE ON THE SURFACE WOULD INDICATE THAT COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES OF BARITE DO NOT NOW EXIST AT THIS LOCALITY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS RANGE FROM SHALLOW PITS A FEW FEET IN DIAMETER TO OPEN CUTS AVERAGING ABOUT 30.5 M (100 FT) LONG, 9 M (30 FT) WIDE, AND 6.1 M (20 FT) DEEP. 2 ACRES ARE HONEYCOMBED WITH OLD OPENINGS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1880 AND 1908.

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

    ? DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS. MINE

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS WITHIN THE RESIDUAL SOIL MANTLE. NO BEDROCK WAS EXPOSED.

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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