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Reynold Mine

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 10080155
MRDS ID W031246
Record type Site
Current site name Reynold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.97255, 37.48395 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) NORTH - NORTHWEST 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

  • 1.3 KM (0.8 MI) SOUTHWEST OF THE GUSLER - AUSTIN MINE. 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) NORTH ON STATE ROAD 666 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 665, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) WEST OF ROAD ON TOP OF A LOW RIDGE WHERE IT IS INTERSECTED BY A WIDE DRAAINAGE CHANNEL.

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) -79.97255, 37.48395
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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 To South Of Mine, About 420 M.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Roanoke - Botetourt Counties Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Deaner, Mr. John

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN MINE TRENCH IS 9 M (30 FT) LONG AND 3 M (10 FT) DEEP, AND 2.4 M (8.0 FT) WIDE. OTHER TRENCHES AND TEST PITS ARE SMALLER, MOST OF THE TEST PITS ARE SHALLOW AND ABOUT 1.0 M (3.3 FT) IN DIAMETER. APPROXIMATELY 30 TEST PITS WERE DUG.

Comments on development

  • MINE CONSISTED PRINCIPALLY OF A LARGE OPEN CUT. IT IS REPORTED 90 TONS OF BARITE WERE RECOVERED FROM THIS MINE. ABOUT 91 M (300 FT) NORTH OF THE MINE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30-50 TEST PITS AND TRENCHES, ALL OF WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DUG BY HAND. CHERT IS FOUND EVERYWHERE ON THE HILLSIDE BUT NO OUTCROPS VISIBLE. PITS ARE SHALLOW AND ABOUT 1 M (3.3 FT) IN DIAMETER. ON THE ADJACENT LOONEY PROPERTY (NOW OWNED BY MR. MITCHELL) BARITE NODULES CAN BE FOUND IN THE CLAY RESIDUUM. LITTLE BARITE WAS FOUND NEAR OR AT THE REYNOLDS 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

    1936? DIREXPL ? - DUG PIT AND TRENCHES, MINED

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHERT FRAGMENTS IN A THICK MANTLE OF YELLOW CLAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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