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Groseclose 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 10067266
MRDS ID VA01756
Record type Site
Current site name Groseclose Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.82927, 36.83536 (WGS84)
Elevation 719
Relative position 3.65 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MARION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glade Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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

  • .9 MILES N 85 DEGREES 3 FROM MT. CARMEL CHURCH, 3900 FEET EAST OF BENCH MARK G 375 AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 689 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 11, 700 FEET EAST OF ARNEY CREEK, 500 FEET N 55 DEGREES E FROM GROSECLOSE PROSPECT #1. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 12/4/85. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1986)

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Nolichucky and Honaker Formations
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Fault Systems
Type of structure Local
Structure description Prospect Lies Approximately 1200 Feet North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Along Local Fractures And Brecciated Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEEKMANTOWN TRENDS N80E TO N85E AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE NORTH. REGIONAL GEOLOGY FROM BUTTS, 1933.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer G.G. Goodell (?)

Mining district

District name Smyth County Barite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. G. Goodell Around 1875.
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. W. Hutton

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SINGLE OPEN CUT IS APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET WIDE, 30 FEET DEEP INTO HILLSIDE AND 20 FEET HIGH INTO THE HILL SIDE. WORKINGS TREND N 80 DEGREES E. OPEN CUT IS NOW PARTIALLY FILLED WITH TRASH AND ROCK DEBRIS. ONLY MINOR PIECES OF BARITE FLOAT WAS FOUND ALONG THE SIDES OF THE OPEN CUT. FIELD EXAMINATION WAS CONDUCTED 12/4/85.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING (AND MINING) WAS CONDUCTED IN THIS PART OF THE BARITE DISTRICT NORTHEAST OF MARION IN 1875. OTHER NEARBY DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED AND WORKED FROM1875 UNTIL 1885. THE PROSPECT CONSISTS OF A SINGLE OPEN CUT NOW FILLED WITH TRASH AND ROCK DEBRIS. NO MENTION OF THIS PROSPECT IS MADE BY EDMUNDSON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROSPECT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE AND IS ENTERED AS A NEW LOCATION. IT MARKS THE MOST NORTHEASTERN END OF THE BARITE BELT IN SMYTH COUNTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM
Deposit NO DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSIT IS AVAILABLE. NO BARITE IS SEEN IN OUTCROP AND NO DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE. MOST LIKELY, IT IS SIMILAR TO GROSECLOSE PROSPECT #1, BEING COARSELY CRYSTALLINE BARITE FOUND IN IRREGUALR VEINS AND REPLACEMENT MASSES.

Reporter information

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

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