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Parker Mine

Past Producer in Pittsylvania 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 10080197
MRDS ID W031296
Record type Site
Current site name Parker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.48948, 36.94368 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 KM (0.75 MI) NORTHEAST OF PULLENS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pittsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pittsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(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 Pittsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 605 AND 40. 0..3 KM (0.2 MI) EAST ON STATE ROAD 40 FROM THIS INTERSECTION, MINE IS 80 M (262 FT) SOUTH OF ROAD, PARALLEL A TRIBUTARY OF POTTER CREEK. OTHER WORKINGS ARE LOCATED 274 M (900 FT) NORTH OF 40.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZITE FLOAT CONTAINS METALLIC SULFIDES (UNNAMED).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Marble Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartzite 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.48948, 36.94368
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allochthon James River Synclinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barium Mining Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Parker

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS OF BARITE WERE RECOVERED IN 1935. "LARGE" PRODUCTION AT MINE OCCURRED IN 1800'S (1870'S?-1880'S).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TESTING BY SHALLOW PITS IS SUGGESTED TO OBTAIN PROBABLE RESERVES.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS MAKE UP WORKINGS. OPEN CUTS APPEAR TO BE MORE LIKE CUT BANKS 6.1 M (20 FT) TO 12.2 M (40 FT) HIGH. DIMENSIONS ARE UNKNOWN FOR SHAFTS AND OTHER OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED BEFORE 1882 AND CONSISTED OF SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE. IN 1935 THE BARIUM MINING CORPORATION DEVELOPED AN OPEN CUT 91.5 M (300 FT) SOUTH OF THE ROAD (40) AND RECOVERED SEVERAL CARLOADS OF BARITE OF GOOD GRADE FROM THE CLAY RESIDUUM. ALL ORE RECOVERED WAS SHIPPED TO LYNCHBURG TO BE PROCESSED.

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

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327.

  • Deposit

    1935 DIREXPL BARIUM MINING CORPORATION-MINED OPEN CUT

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES-INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, SHAFTS, MINED.

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938); WATSON (1907)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURRED IN RED AND BLACK CLAYS WITH FRAGMENTS OF MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZ. BARITE AND QUARTZ FLOAT IS VERY PLENTIFUL IN MINE AREA AND NORTH OF STATE ROAD 40. CLAYS DERIVED FROM MARBLE OF THE MOUNT ATHOS FORMATION.

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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