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Reed Mine

Past Producer in Roanoke 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 10106181
MRDS ID W031241
Record type Site
Current site name Reed Mine
Alternate or previous names Read Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.92477, 37.3095 (WGS84)
Elevation 312
Relative position MINE IS WITHIN THE ROANOKE CITY LIMITS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Roanoke(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roanoke(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 Roanoke

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) SOUTHWEST OF READ MOUNTAIN, AND 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) NORTH OF TINKER CREEK. THE WORKINGS ARE ON THE SOUTHWEST SLOPE OF A LOW RIDGE THAT TERMINATES ON THE OLE MONTEREY GOLF COURSE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Limestone Gangue

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;Elbrook Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Elbrook Formation-Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.92477, 37.3095
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Read Mountain Anticline, Read-Coyner Fenster, Coyner Fault, Salem Fault, Pulaski Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone-Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGIC MAP SEE: ANDREWS, (1952).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912

Mining district

District name Roanoke-Botetourt Counties Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Frank Read

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 OPENCUTS WERE DUG WHICH WERE SHALLOW, 6 M (20 FT) WIDE AND 12 TO 18.3 M (40 TO 60 FT) LONG.

Comments on development

  • 4 SHALLOW OPEN CUTS WERE DUG ON THE RIDGE SOMETIME BEFORE 1912.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANDREWS, L.E., 1952, STRUCTURE OF THE AREA NORTH OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG 4 OPEN CUT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS NODULES IN CLAY RESIDUUM, AS CEMENTING VEINS IN THE DOLOMITE BRECCIA, AND AS REPLACEMENT MASSES IN THE DOLOMITE-LIMESTONE.

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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