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Bragg Barite Mine

Past Producer in Campbell 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080180
MRDS ID W031276
Record type Site
Current site name Bragg Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.34198, 37.13785 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 3.5 MILES NW OF ALTAVISTA FROM ROUTE 29 ON ROUTE 43

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynch Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • ADIT ENTRANCES ARE 850 FT W SW OF BISHOP CREEK ALONG ROUTE 43 ON NW SIDE OF ROAD OPPOSITE SECOND ROAD PULLOVER GOING WEST FROM BISHOP CREEK WORKINGS ARE 50-100 FT NORTH OF ROUTE 43 AND EXTEND TO TOP OF HILL TO POWER LINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Residual Clay From Marble

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group;Chopawamsic Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.34198, 37.13785
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 2 Tight Folds Overturned To Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 55 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound; Metal Rich Brines In Paleo Rift Related Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Mn, Fe And Ba District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bragg, Travis

Comments on the production information

  • "LARGE" QUANTITIES WERE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO SURFACE INDICATIONS OF COMMERCIAL RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT SAID TO GO 250 FT INTO HILL (TRAVIS BRAGG, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION) IS COMPLETELY CLOSED OFF BY ROCK FILL NOW. EDMUNDSON (1938) INDICATES "SEVERAL SHAFTS AND OPEN PITS" BUT ONLY ONE WAS NOTED BY WRITER FARTHER UP HILL IN 1987. ANOTHER ADIT WAS COVERED BY SOIL AND MATURE LOCUST TREE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINED

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROPS NEAR ADIT SHOW PINK MARBLE AND LAMINATED BARITE (5-25 LAYERS) LENSES ARE 0.5 FT TO 1.5 FT LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1987 Good, Richard S. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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