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Crush Mine and Prospect

Past Producer in Botetourt 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 10080152
MRDS ID W031243
Record type Site
Current site name Crush Mine and Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.85699, 37.56034 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) NORTHWEST OF KYLES MILLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Botetourt(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Botetourt

Comments on the location information

  • 0.26 KM (0.16 MI) NORTH ON STATE ROAD 681 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 635, TURN WEST ON DIRT ROAD AND GO 160 M (525 FT) DOWN ROAD, MINE IS 40 M (131 FT) SOUTH OF ROAD, IN A CEDAR THICKET.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chert Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Limestone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Elbrook Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault Just To North Of Mine-A Subsidiary Thrust Fault Of The Pulaski-Staunton Thrust Fault, Maybe The Cedar Ridge Fault Of Hay (1950); Fincastle Or Flatwoods Syncline.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum Between Dolomite Beds And Pinnacles.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1894

Mining district

District name Roanoke-Botetourt Counties Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crush

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTED OF OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, AND ONE SHAFT. THE MAIN OPEN CUT IS 46 M (150 FT) LONG, 9 M (30 FT) WIDE, AND 4.6 M (15 FT) DEEP, WITH AN INCLINED SHAFT DIPPING NORTHWEST NEAR THE WEST END OF THE CUT. THE SHAFT IS ACCESSIBLE TO A DEPTH OF ONLY ABOUT 3 M (10 FT); IT WAS DRIVEN IN THE RESIDUUM BETWEEN VERTICAL BEDS OF DOLOMITE. PIT IS TRASH-FILLED WITH MANY FRAGMENTS OF BARITE ALONG EDGE OF THE CUT - 1986.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED IN 1894 (MAYBE BEFORE) AND A SMALL QUANTITY OF BARITE WAS SHIPPED TO A MILLING PLANT IN LYNCHBURG IN THE SAME YEAR. MORE RECENT PROSPECTING (PRE-1938) WAS DONE ALONG SLATE BRANCH TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE - VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    MCGUIRE, O.S., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE EAGLE ROCK, STROM, ORISKANY, AND SALISBURY QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 24.

  • Deposit

    HAY, N.R.T., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE FINCASTLE SYNCLINE, BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

  • Deposit

    1894? DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS, TRENCH AND SHAFT, MINED

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.-INSPECTED SITE

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF RESIDUUM AND OCCASSIONAL PINNACLES OF DOLOMITE. BARITE STRINGERS ALSO WERE SEEN IN THE LIMESTONE. FAULT BRECCIA IS FOUND A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF THE MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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