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Peery, K, Mine

Past Producer in Tazewell 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 10025737
MRDS ID K001672
Record type Site
Current site name Peery, K, Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.5451, 37.13451 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) WEST OF NORTH TAZEWELL. MINE IS WITH IN 100 M OF THE UTM COORDINATES GIVEN, BASED ON THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tazewell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tazewell North(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 Tazewell

Comments on the location information

  • 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) NORTH OF THE CLINCH RIVER AND NEAR THE CREST OF WHITLEY RIDGE. ABOUT 280 M (918 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE M L PEERY MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANY OF THE BARITE FRAGMENTS ARE COATED WITH A LAYER OF IRON OXIDE (LIMONITE) ABOUT ONE-FOURTH OF AN INCH IN THICKNESS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result THE BARITE APPEARS TO HAVE A HIGH CONTENT OF IRON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.5451, 37.13451
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults?

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 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS NEAR TOP OF RIDGE EACH ABOUT 10 FT DEEP AND 20FT IN DIAMETER (3 M DEEP AND 6 M IN DIAMETER).

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPERATED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1880 AND 1908. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: EDMUNDSON (1938)

  • 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. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN RESIDUAL CLAY.
Deposit ABUNDANT RESIDUAL BARITE IN VICINITY SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR SMALL SCALE MINING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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