| Deposit ID | 10025732 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001664 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Steele Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.71372, 37.08201 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) NORTHWEST OF POUNDING MILL. THE 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
Pounding Mill(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 > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| Rock description | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| (1) | Nolichucky and Honaker Formations |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Paint Lick Mountain Syncline |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1902 |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| Production years | 1902 |
| District name | Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 8.32M |
| Overall width | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001664 |
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.
1902 DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUT, MINE
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 53.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN RESIDUAL CLAY. DOLOMITE CROPS OUT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST WALL, BUT NO BARITE WAS NOTED IN THE DOLOMITE. |
| 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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