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Gear Mine

Past Producer in Fauquier 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067563
MRDS ID W000347
Record type Site
Current site name Gear Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.72081, 38.54115 (WGS84)
Elevation 87
Relative position ABOUT 5 KM (3.2 MI) SOUTHEAST OF BEALETON, 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) NORTHEAST OF LOIS, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) EAST OF STATE ROAD 17. NOTE: EDMUNDSON'S (1938) LOCATION IS ERRONEOUS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Fauquier

Comments on the location information

  • 0.33 KM (0.2 MI) SOUTH ON STATE ROAD 17 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 644, TURN EAST ON PAVED ROAD FOR 0.8 KM (0.5 MI), MINE IS LOCATED 300 M (984 FT) DUE NORTH OF ROAD, ABOVE A TRIBUTARY OF BROWNS RUN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE HOST SHALES ARE CEMENTED BY BARITE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Bull Run Formation, Red, Grey, & Blue Shales;Clay Residuum
    Rock description Bull Run Formation, Red, Grey, & Blue Shales;Clay Residuum

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.72081, 38.54115
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Triassic Basin ; Reg.Trends: Northeast-Southwest.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults?

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.7M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins, Clay Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BULL RUN SHALES ; GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS NOT EXPOSED, BUT FRAGMENTS OF SHALE ARE SCATTERED OVER THE SURFACE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1845
Year of first production 1845
Production years AROUND 1850?

Mining district

District name Fauquier County Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr C R Glaettli

Comments on the production information

  • THIS MINE IS NOT THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT PRODUCER, AND NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS WERE APPROXIMATELY 61 M (200 FT) LONG, 7.6 M (25 FT) WIDE, AND 4.6 M (15 FT) DEEP. ONE SHALLOW SHAFT WAS ALSO WORKED. NUMEROUS OTHER TRENCHES AND PITS WERE ALSO DUG. THE SHAFT WAS 3 M (10 FT) IN DIAMETER.

Comments on development

  • THIS MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE OPENED ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE CEDAR RUN MINE. THE WORKINGS INCLUDE OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES, PITS, AND SHAFTS. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE, BUT IT IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R. S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. DIV. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE- VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    1845? DIREXPL ? -DUG OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, AND SHAFTS, MINED.

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON VA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES- INSPECTED SITE.

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON REFERENCE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BARITE WAS DEPOSITED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH QUARTZ AND ALSO SUBSEQUENTLY TO QUARTZ. CALCITE WAS ALSO DEPOSITED WITH THE BARITE. SHALE CEMENTED BY BARITE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE AND BARITE NODULES IN RESIDUAL CLAY OCCUR ALSO. NO BEDROCK IS EXPOSED IN THE WORKINGS. THE NORTHERN MOST TRENCH STILL CONTAINS BARITE.
Deposit THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 2 OPEN CUTS AND 1 SHALLOW SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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