| Deposit ID | 10067232 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | VA01713 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Jenny Gwin Draft Barite Occurrence |
| Point of reference | Centroid |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.56633, 38.3605 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 594 |
| Relative position | Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Highland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| Rock unit name | Brallier | ||||
| Rock description | Brallier | ||||
| |||||
| Centroid (1) | -79.56633, 38.3605 |
|---|
| Strike | N 65 DEGREES E |
|---|---|
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | VA01713 |
ROBETS, CLARENCE E., 1960, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE CONCRETIONS IN THE ROMNEY SHALE, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA M.S. THESIS, 173 P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL (1.5 INCHES AND SMALLER) BARITE CONCRETIONS ARE PRESENT IN THE THIN OLIVE-BLACK SHALE. |
| Deposit | THIS IS A GOOD BARITE CONCRETION COLLECTING LOCALITY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-87 | Sweet, Palmer C. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.