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Grasty Mine

Past Producer in Campbell 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 10106185
MRDS ID W031280
Record type Site
Current site name Grasty Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.29975, 37.15007 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

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

  • LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NORTH - NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 627 AND 713 AND WEST OF 627 SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION. 2 KM (1.25 MI) NORTHWEST OF LYNCH STATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
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 > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.29975, 37.15007
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium, Smith River Allocthon
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

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 1938
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Campbell - Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grasty

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS IS AVAILABLE. OPEN CUTS AND PITS WERE DUG.

Comments on development

  • MINE OPENED BEFORE 1938, PROBABLY BEFORE 1900. OPEN CUTS AND PITS WERE DUG. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER - ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS IN RESIDUAL CLAY DERIVED FROM MARBLE OF THE MOUNT ATHOS FORMATION, ALONG THE CONTACT OF A QUARTZITE LENS CONTAINING MANGANESE ORE AND MICA SCHIST.

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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