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Copenhaver Prospect

Occurrence in Smyth 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067260
MRDS ID VA01749
Record type Site
Current site name Copenhaver Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.56511, 36.82064 (WGS84)
Elevation 652
Relative position 2.7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MARION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • 900 FEET SOUTH OF THE H.P. COPENHAVER MINE, 3550 FEET S 23 DEGREES W FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 659 AND 665, 1500 FEET N 58 DEGREES W FROM BENCH MARK BMM 375, NORTH OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF HOLSTAN RIVER.

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown;Residual Clay And Soil

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.56511, 36.82064
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast - Southwest Trending Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Prospect Is Located On The Southern Flank Of The Marion Dome, 1 Mile North Of Seven Springs Thrust Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip SOUTH
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Bedrock

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOOD BARITE CRYSTALS IN SMALL AGGREGATE MASSES AND CLUSTERS FOUND ON THE DUMP. EDMUNDSON (1938) STATES THAT LOCAL STRIKE AND DIP VARY DUE TO MINOR CROSS FAULTS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE MCMULLIN SYNCLINE. REGIONAL GEOLOGY FROM C. BATTS (1933), B. COOPER (1936), AND B. FRENCH (1967).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Hp Copenhaver ?

Mining district

District name Smyth County Barite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Copenhaver, H. P.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carnaham, R. V.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE LARGE PIT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET LONG, 10 FEET WIDE, AND FIVE FEET DEEP, AND 3 SMALLER PITS 5 TO 10 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 2 TO 5 FEET DEEP, AND DUMP MATERIAL. ALL PITS ARE PARTIALLY FILLED IN WITH ROCK DEBRIS AND GROWN OVER. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 11/18/85.

Comments on development

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE. PROSPECT IS LOCATED 700 FEET WOUTH OF H.P. COPENHAVER MINE TREND. MOST LIKELY WORKED AT THE SAME TIME (EARLY 1890'S) AS THE H. P. COPENHAVER. NO DESCRIPTION OR HISTORY OF THIS PROSPECT FOUND IN THE LITERATURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, B.N., 1936, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARION AREA, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-L.

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53

  • Deposit

    FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT NOT EXPOSED NOR DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE. SMALL MASSES AND CLUSTERS OF BARITE CRYSTALS FOUND ON THE DUMPS. AS WITH THE OTHER DEPOSITS IN THIS DISTRICT, BARITE MOST LIKELY OCCURS AS VEINS AND REPLACEMENT MASSES ALONG FRACTURES IN THE BEDROCK, AND AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN THE OVERLYING RESIDUAL CLAY AND SOIL.
Deposit THIS IS A NEW PROSPECT LOCATION, NOT PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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