1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Peery, M L, Mine

Past Producer in Tazewell county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102274
MRDS ID K001671
Record type Site
Current site name Peery, M L, Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.54788, 37.13396 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.9 KM (1.2 MI) WEST OF NORTH TAZEWELL. MINE IS WITHIN 100 M OF THE UTM COORDINATES GIVEN, BASED ON THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tazewell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tazewell North(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 Tazewell

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS IN A BEND OF CAVITTS CREEK, ABOUT 100 M (328 FT) SOUTHEAST OF STATE ROAD 16. IT IS ABOUT 380 M (1246 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE HUBBLE MINE.

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
  • 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) -81.54788, 37.13396
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
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 Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • DETAILS LACKING

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL DEEP OPENINGS. IT IS REPORTED THAT MOST OF THE BARITE MINED ON THIS PROPERTY WAS OBTAINED FROM THE DEEP OPENINGS IN THE BED OF CAVITTS CREEK WHICH ARE NOW COMPLETELY FLOODED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1880 AND 1908. MOST OF THE MINING OCCURRED IN THE BED OF THE CREEK. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE. A GRINDING PLANT WHICH WAS OPERATED DURING THE FIRST BARITE MINING IN TAZEWELL COUNTY, WAS LOCATED NEAR THIS MINE.

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

    ? DIREXPL ? - DUG OPENINGS, MINE

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 53.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site