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Thomas Mine

Past Producer 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025719
MRDS ID K001650
Record type Site
Current site name Thomas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.90484, 37.01313 (WGS84)
Elevation 573
Relative position ABOUT 6.4 KM (4 MI) EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HONAKER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Honaker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(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

  • ALONG LITTLE RIVER ABOUT 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 640 AND 636. ABOUT 0.7 KM (0.45 MI) SOUTHWEST OF THE FLETCHER MINE.

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.90484, 37.01313
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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
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Depth to top 0M

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 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE PRESENT BEDROCK OCCURRENCES DO NOT SUGGEST RESERVES OF COMMERCIAL VALUE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT WHICH BEGINS A FEW FEET ABOVE THE RIVER AND EXTENDS HORIZONTALLY NORTHEASTWARD FOR 30.5 M (100 FT) INTO THE SIDE OF THE HILL. ABOUT 91.5 M (300 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN OPEN CUT ARE SEVERAL SMALL OPENINGS IN THE RESIDUAL CLAY.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED BETWEEN 1880 AND 1908, THE EXACT YEARS OF OPERATION ARE UNKNOWN.

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, MINE

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.

  • Reserve-Resource

    VIRGINIA DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN RESIDUAL CLAY. THE BEDROCK IS LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE WHICH STRIKES N70DEGE AND DIPS 35DEGSE.
Deposit THIS PROPERTY WAS AMONG THE IMPORTANT BARITE PRODUCERS IN RUSSELL COUNTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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