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Neighbours Prospect

Occurrence 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. 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 10080189
MRDS ID W031286
Record type Site
Current site name Neighbours Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.11642, 37.31673 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • 4.8 KM (3 MI) NORTH OF RUSTBURG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Marble Gangue
Schist Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.11642, 37.31673
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum, Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Neighbours

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS AND/OR TUNNELS WERE DUG.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT WAS WORKED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SHALLOW PITS AND/OR TUNNELS. NO PRODUCTION RESULTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG PROSPECT PITS AND TUNNEL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN VEINS OF BARITE IN MARBLE OF THE MOUNT ATHOS FORMATION WERE FOUND.

Reporter information

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

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