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Berger Barite Mine

Past Producer in Pittsylvania 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067237
MRDS ID VA01720
Record type Site
Current site name Berger Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.46504, 36.96618 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.1 MILE SOUTH OF PITTSVILLE, Acc Location Used For Cut South Of R. 773

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pittsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pittsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Pittsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • 1.35 MI SW ON ROUTE 773 FROM JNC WITH R. 794 WORKINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF ROAD 120 FEET ON NORTH SIDE (LEVELED DUMP AREA) AND 234 FEET ON SOUTH SIDE, MAIN CUT ON SUTHSIDE NOT VISIBLE THROUGH NEWLY PLANTED PINE TREES; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1978 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN, SAID TO BE "LARGE" BY WATSON (1907)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal (?) And Weathering Alteration Of Marble To Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
    Rock description Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.46504, 36.96618
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Smith River Allocthon
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault Passes Through Deposit Nw Side Down, Se Side Up (Marr, 1984)

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED AND NODULAR LENSES
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 40 SE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Multiple: Probably Originally Hydrothermal, Rieft Related Brine, Remobilized Metamorhosed And Subject Mesozoic Post Mesozoic Ground Water Action.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALL ROCK/HOST ROCK IS MICA SCHIST WHICH CONTAINS FELDSPATHIC STRINGERS 1/4 INCH TO 6 INCHES THICK AND PEGMATITE LENSES UP TO 6 FEET IN DIAMETER. BARITE OCCURS IN A RED AND BLACK CLAY "UMBER" WHICH CONTAINS MN NODULES AND QUARTZ STRINGERS. THE UMBER ZONE IS TEN FEET THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name James River Roanoke River Manganese-Iron-Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barium Mining Corp.
    Home office Gretna , Virginia
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Surface Rights Jesse Doyle

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON NORTH SIDE R. 773 TO 120 FEET NORTH OF ROAD IS A CUT 150 FEET LONG NEXT TO LEVELED DUMP AREA, 50 FEET WIDE AND 20 FEET DEEP NEXT TO LEVELED DUMP AREA ADJACENT TO LOT ERECENTLY CUT FOR TIMBER; 234 FEET SOUTH OF ROUTE 773 SSW OF CUT ON NORTH SIDE OF 4. 773 IS CUT 400 FEET LONG, 25-30 FEET DEEP 30 -40 FEET WIDE. IT IS FILLED WITH YOUNG TREES, THIS CUT IS NOT VISIBLE FROM ROAD IT IS REACHED THROUGH AN AREA OF NEWLY PLANTED PINES. ORIGINAL WORKINGS OF 1800'S SAID TO HAVE SHAFTS (WATSON 1907) WHICH ARE NO LONGER VISIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.S., 1907, SULFATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, P. 305-327.

  • Deposit

    MARR, J.D., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NUMBER 49

  • Deposit

    VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES ECONOMIC GIOLOGY FILE 1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-87 AS Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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