Wolfe Draft Barite Occurence

Occurrence in Highland county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067229
MRDS ID VA01710
Record type Site
Current site name Wolfe Draft Barite Occurence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -79.56633, 38.3605 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Highland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monterey SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Staunton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Highland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -79.56633, 38.3605

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, CLARENCE E., 1960, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE CONCRETIONS IN THE ROMNEY SHALE, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA M.S. THESIS, 173 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-87 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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