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Thompson 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 10106188
MRDS ID W031298
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.4917, 36.94257 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 1.0 KM (0.65 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

  • PROPERTY ADJOINING THE PARKER MINE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTHWEST. MINE IS 200 M (656 FT) SOUTHEAST OF INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 40 AND 605, ON A TRIBUTARY TO POTTER CREEK.

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
Quartz 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) -79.4917, 36.94257
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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 Thompson

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT BUT WATSON (1907) REPORTS A "LARGE" PRODUCTION OF BARITE OCCURRED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE BELIEVED TO BE EXHAUSTED SINCE THE PROPERTY WAS EXTENSIVELY MINED AND PROSPECTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, AND SHAFTS WERE DUG, DIMENSIONS UNKNOWN. OPEN CUTS APPEAR TO BE MORE LIKE CUT BANKS 6.1 M (20 FT) TO 12.2 M (40 FT) HIGH.

Comments on development

  • THIS MINE WAS THE FIRST IN THE AREA AND BEGAN OPERATION BEFORE 1882. TRENCHES, SHAFTS, AND OPEN CUTS WERE DUG. MINE CLOSED DOWN AROUND 1882. IN 1937 THE BARIUM MINING CORPORATION REWORKED ONE DUMP PILE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PARKER MINE OPERATION. ALL THE BARITE OCCURRED IN THE CLAY RESIDUUM AND WAS SHIPPED TO LYNCHBURG, VA. FOR PROCESSING. SOME DRILLING TOOK PLACE AT AN UNKNOWN TIME, PRESUMABLY BY THE BARIUM MINING CORPORATION.

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

    1937 DIREXPL BARIUM MINING CORPORATION-REWORKED DUMP PILE

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES-INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS, MINED

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURRED IN WHITE, RED, AND BLACK CLAY CONTAINING IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS OF MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZ. MARBLE WAS REPORTED IN SOME DRILL HOLES ON NORTHWEST SIDE. ONLY THE BLACK CLAY CONTAINED COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES OF BARITE. THE BLACK CLAY IS PROBABLY 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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