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Cow Pasture River Barite Occurrence

Occurrence in Highland 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067233
MRDS ID VA01714
Record type Site
Current site name Cow Pasture River Barite Occurrence
Related records 10082562

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.44225, 38.32505 (WGS84)
Elevation 658
Relative position 1.6 MILES WEST OF HEAD WATERS ON U.S. HWY. 250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Highland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McDowell(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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Brallier
    Rock description Brallier

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.44225, 38.32505
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEGREES E
    Dip 70 DEGREES SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE CONCRETIONS IN THE EXPOSURE AND THE ORE TO THE NORTHEAST ARE COMPOSED OF SHALE AND SOME ARE CARBONACEOUS.

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, VIRGINIA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA M.S. THESIS, 173 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL FLAT CONCRETIONS WHICH CONTAIN BARITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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