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Ward Prospect

Prospect in Russell 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025709
MRDS ID K001637
Record type Site
Current site name Ward Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.03178, 36.96313 (WGS84)
Elevation 591
Relative position 7.8 KM (4.9 MI) SOUTHWEST OF HONAKER AND 8 KM (5.1 MI) NORTHEAST OF LEBANON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lebanon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(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 Russell

Comments on the location information

  • 240 M (787 FT) SOUTH OF CLINCH RIVER AND 120 M (394 FT) WEST OF DILLY BRANCH. PROPERTY LIES WITHIN THE PURCHASE BOUNDARY OF THE JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST.

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
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Knox Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Seams Of Barite In Wall Rock. And In Clay Residuum.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell County Barite District

Comments on the production information

  • THERE HAVE BEEN NO SHIPMENTS FROM THIS PROPERTY, BUT THE DUMPS CONTAIN ABOUT 25 TONS OF BARITE OF GOOD QUALITY.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES, EACH AVERAGING ABOUT 6.1 M (20 FT) IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPERATED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1880 AND 1908. NO PRODUCTION OCCURRED.

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 OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN RESIDUAL CLAY AND AS THIN SEAMS IN LIMESTONE WHICH CROPS OUT IN THE WALLS OF THE LARGEST CUT.

Reporter information

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

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