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

Cundiff Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Campbell county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Iron
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080183
MRDS ID W031279
Record type Site
Current site name Cundiff Barite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.33948, 37.14785 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 4.17 MILES NW OF ALTAVISTA FROM ROUTE 29; 2.15 MILES WEST OF LYNCH STATION FROM ROUTE 712 AND ROUTE 713 INTERSECTION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynch Station(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 Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • THE SHAFT IS 740 FT S SW OF A FARM GATE. GATE IS 1310 FT ALONG DIRT ROAD SE OF ROUTE 628. ENTRANCE TO FARM ROAD IS 1.3 MILES EAST ON ROUTE 628 FROM INTERSECTION WITH ROUTE 682. ENTRANCE TO FARM ROAD SOMETIMES PADLOCKED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Mt Athos Marble To Residual Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.33948, 37.14785
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Smith River Allocthon

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chemical Precipitation Of Metal Rich Brines In Rift Related Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE NOTED IN ROADBED 0.5 MILES TO NORTH AND GREENISH GRAY SCHISTOSE VOLCANICLASTIC (?) METASILTSTONE N 75 E/45 SE. QUARTZ AND GREENSTONE FLOAT 300 FT NW OF SHAFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Mn, Fe And Ba District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tippit, Odell

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT IS IN SMALL WOODED CLUMP OF TREES (VIRGINIA PINE, SYCAMORE, DOGWOOD) IN MIDDLE OF CULTIVATED FIELD. WOODED ARE 25-30 FT IN DIAMETER; PIT IS 12 FT WIDE, 8 FT DEEP AND FILLED WITH WATER AND LEAVES. VERY LIMITED DUMP MATERIAL COVERED WITH PINE NEEDLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY BLACK RESIDUAL SOIL EXPOSED IN PIT NOW FILLED WITH WATER. FLOAT NEAR ADIT HAD CLORITIC LAYERS WITH BLACK (COPPER?) MINERALS.
Deposit GANGUE MINERALS (QUARTZ, MICAZ, HORNBLENDE, TOURMALINE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, EPIDOTE, MALACHITE AND LIMONITE) ARE THOUGHT TO CAUSE TOO MUCH DIFFICULTY IN SEPARATION OF BARITE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUN-1987 Good, Richard S. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site