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Faris Prospect #2

Occurrence in Smyth 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067259
MRDS ID VA01748
Record type Site
Current site name Faris Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.58427, 36.85008 (WGS84)
Elevation 698
Relative position 3.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MARION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • .7 MILES S 67 DEGREES W OF WASSUM VALLEY CHURCH, 2800 FEET N 64 DEGREES 2 OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 664 AND 658, 500 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CREEK IN WASSUM VALLEY AND COUNTY ROAD 645. GENERAL LOCATION GIVEN BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown Formation;Residual Clay And Soil

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.58427, 36.85008
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Southwest Trending Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Prospect Is Located On The Western Flank On The Marion Dome, About 700 Feet Woutheast Of Hungry Mother Creek Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Bedrock

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONLY SMALL TABULAR MASSES AND CRYSTALS OF BARITE FOUND ON THE DUMP. REGIONAL GEOLOGY FROM C. BUTTS (1933), B. COOPER (1936), AND B. FRENCH (1967).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Smyth County Barite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Farts
  • Type Owner
    Owner Petty, R. M.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LARGE OPEN CUT APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET LONG, 30 FEET WIDE AND 20 FEET DEEP, WITH DUMP MATERIAL ON THE DOWNSLOPE. CUT TRENDS N 68 DEGREES 3. OPEN CUT IS PARTIALLY CAVED AND GROWN OVER. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 10/14/85.

Comments on development

  • NO HISTORY IS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROPERTY. LOCAL RESIDENTS KNEW OF GENERAL LOCATION OF "SOME DIGGINS" NORTHEAST OF THE FARTS MINE ALONG THE HILLSIDE, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WERE DUG OR BY WHOM. MOST LIKELY, WORKINGS WERE DUG AT THE SAME TIME OF THE FARTS AND MASSUM MINES. DEVELOPMENT BY SURFACE WORKINGS ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, B.N., 1936, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARION AREA, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-L.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT NOT EXPOSED NOR DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE. SMALL TABULAR CRYSTAL MASSES FOUND IN THE DUMP. AS WITH OTHER DEPOSITS IN THE DISTRICT, BARITE OCCURS AS VEINS AND REPLACEMENT MASSES IN FRACTURED BEDROCK, AND IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN THE SOIL.
Deposit THIS IS A NEW PROSPECT LOCATION, NOT PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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