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Huffman Prospect

Occurrence 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 10080154
MRDS ID W031245
Record type Site
Current site name Huffman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.96616, 37.49506 (WGS84)
Elevation 387
Relative position 3 KM (1.9 MI) NORTH OF HAYMAKERTOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Botetourt(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Daleville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(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

  • 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) NORTHWEST OF THE GUSLER-AUSTIN MINE AND ABOUT 40 M (131 FT) SOUTH OF A SHARP BEND IN ROCKY BRANCH CREEK. 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) WEST ON STATE ROAD 600 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 666 SOUTH OF 600; 50 M (164 FT) SOUTH OF ROAD ACROSS THE ROCKY BRANCH CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chert Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • 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) -79.96616, 37.49506
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pulaski-Staunton Thrust Fault To North, Unnamed Thrust Fault To South, Fincastle Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 40 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGIC MAP SEE MCGUIRE, O.S., 1976, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 42.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Roanoke - Botetourt Counties Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Loren Bruffey/Jesse Stewart

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OR THREE SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS WERE HAND DUG. PITS ARE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 M X 0.9 M (5 FT X 3 FT). IN 1986, NO PITS WERE VISIBLE AND THE SIDE OF THE HILL IS COVER WITH BRIERS.

Comments on development

  • IN 1936 TWO OR THREE SHALLOW PITS WERE HAND DUG. NO COMMERCIAL SIZE DEPOSIT WAS FOUND, BUT SOME BARITE WAS FOUND IN THE CLAY RESIDUUM.

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

    1936 DIREXPL ? - DUG PROSPECT PITS

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOLOMITE AND CHERT BEDS OUTCROP IN AND AROUND PITS. BARITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE.

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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