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Eller Mine

Past Producer in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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 10080173
MRDS ID W031266
Record type Site
Current site name Eller Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.47704, 36.85007 (WGS84)
Elevation 713
Relative position 2.6 MI NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MARION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South 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

  • 1900 FT S 30 DEG E FROM MT. CARMEL CHURCH, 1700 FEET S 37 DEG E FROM BENCH MARK BM B24 (2210'), 1100 FEET SOUTH OF MIDDLE FORK OF HOLSTON RIVER, 1100 FEET S 18 DEG E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 714 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 11. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 1/7/86. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1986)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • 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) -81.47704, 36.85007
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Fault System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Mcmullin Syncline, Seven Springs Fault, Marion Dome. Mine Is Located Approximately 1000 Feet North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault, And 1700 Feet Northeast Of The Greenwood Thrust Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 30 DEG SE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Limestone/Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGIC MAP SEE RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEUMAN, 1972, USGS MISC. GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A. REGIONAL GEOLOGY ALSO FROM C. BUTTS, 1933.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer G.G. Goodell (?)
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name Smyth County Barite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. G. Goodell
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. Eller, Jr.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BARITE DOES NOT OCCUR IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO BE CONSIDERED A FUTURE RESERVE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 5 OPEN CUTS WERE DUG, THE LARGEST WAS 15 M (50 FT) LONG, 7.6 M (25 FT) WIDE, AND 3.7 M (12 FT) DEEP. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 1/7/86. SCATTERED SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES, AND BLOCKY (UP TO 5 FT) MATERIAL OR DUMPS. TRENCHES TREND APPROXIMATELY N 70 DEG E. WORKINGS ARE PARTIALLY FILLED IN WITH ROCK DEBRIS AND GROWN OVER.

Comments on development

  • MINE MOST LIKELY WORKED BETWEEN 1875 AND 1885. WORKINGS CONSISTED OF OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1875 TO 1885
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS VEINS AND COARSELY CRYSTALLINE REPLACEMENT MASSES, SOME MORE THAN A FOOT IN THICKNESS. ALSO OCCURS AS RESIDUAL CLAY. EDMONDSON (1938) STATED BARITE DOES NOT OCCUR IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO BE CONSIDERED A FUTURE RESERVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-SEP-1987 Lovett, James A. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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