| Deposit ID | 10025722 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001653 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fudge Mine and Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.53232, 37.13646 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) NORTHWEST OF NORTH TAZEWELL. PROSPECT IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) NORTHEAST OF THE MINE. MINE IS WITHIN 100 M OF THE UTM COORDINATES GIVEN, BASED ON THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tazewell(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tazewell North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bluefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bluefield(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Tazewell |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| 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 |
| (1) | -81.53232, 37.13646 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults? |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Production years | 1885-1890 |
| District name | Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Captain Fudge |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 4.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001653 |
LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.
1885 DIREXPL CAPTAIN FUDGE - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED
1917 DIREXPL J D PEERY- DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED?
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 53.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AT THE MINE BARITE OCCURRED AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN RESIDUAL CLAY, WITH ASSOCIATED CHERT. NO BEDROCK WAS EXPOSED IN THE WORKINGS. AT THE PROSPECT THIN SEAMS AND REPLACEMENT MASSES OF BARITE OCCUR ALONG THE BEDDING AND IN FRACTURES WITH RANDOM ORIENTATION. CHERT LAYERS PARALLEL WITH THE BEDDING ARE ABUNDANT. THE BEDROCK EXPOSED IN THE PROSPECTS IS A FINE-GRAINED GRAY DOLOMITE THAT STRIKES N70DEGE AND DIPS 35DEGSE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1973 | Fagan, James M. | Tennessee Valley Authority | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1980 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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