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Harman Mine

Past Producer in Russell 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 10102271
MRDS ID K001649
Record type Site
Current site name Harman Mine
Alternate or previous names Little River Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.91345, 37.01007 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 5.3 KM (3.3 MI) SOUTHEAST OF HONAKER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Honaker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Russell

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.9 KM (0.6 MI) SOUTHWEST OF THE THOMAS MINE AND ABOUT 1.5 KM (0.9 MI) NORTHEAST OF THE JUNCTION OF CLINCH AND LITTLE RIVERS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.91345, 37.01007
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum, Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1904
Production years 1904

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clinch Valley Barytes Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF COMMERCIAL BARITE RESERVES.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO OPEN CUTS, EACH ABOUT 30.5 M (100 FT) LONG, AND SEVERAL SMALL SHALLOW PITS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPERATED ABOUT 1904 AND THE BARITE HAULED BY WAGONS TO GARDNER FOR GRINDING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WOODWARD, H P, 1938, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RUSSELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 49, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    1904 DIREXPL ? -DUG OPEN CUTS, PITS, MINE

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN RESIDUAL CLAY. LIMESTONE CROPS OUT IN THE WORKINGS AND SOME BARITE WAS FOUND IN THE LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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