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Farts Prospect #1

Occurrence in Smyth county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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 10067261
MRDS ID VA01750
Record type Site
Current site name Farts Prospect #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.58872, 36.84758 (WGS84)
Elevation 695
Relative position 4 MILES NORTHWESTOF 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

  • ELEVATION AND UTM COORDINATES LOCATED CENTER OF WORKINGS WHICH EXTEND NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET. LOCATED 1 MILE S 64 DEGREES W FROM WOSSUM VALLEY CHURCH, 3800 FEET N 83 DEGREES W FROM THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 658 AND 664, 450 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CREEK IN WOSSUM VALLEY. GENERAL LOCATION OF WORKINGS ALONG THE HILLSIDE GIVEN BY LOCAL RESIDENTS. LOCATED BY FIELD OBSERVATION 10/14/87.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown Formation;Residual Clay And Soil

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.58872, 36.84758
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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 Western Flank Of The Marion Dome, 650 Feet Southeast Of Hungry Mother Creek Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Bedrock

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS OF BARITE WITH UP TO 1070 PURPLE FLUORITE IN MASSES AND CUBES FOUND ON DUMPS AT SOUTHWESTERN END OF PROPERTY. REGIONAL GEOLOGY FROM C. BUTTS (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

Mining district

District name Smyth County Barite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Farts
  • Type Owner
    Owner Petty, R. M.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS PITS, OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES AND DUMPS OVER AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET BY 100 FEET WIDE. LARGEST OPEN CUT TRENDS N 70 DEGREES E IS APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE, AND 15 FEET DEEP, AND IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST END OF THE WORKINGS. PITS AT SOUTHWESTERN END OF WORKINGS ARE UP TO 20 BY 10 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 8 FEET DEEP. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 10/14/85. WORKINGS ARE PARTIALLY CAVED IN AND OVERGROWN.

Comments on development

  • NO HISTORY IS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROPERTY. LOCAL RESIDENTS KNEW OF GENERAL LOCATION OF "SOME DIGGINGS" NORTH EAST OF THE FARTS MINE ALONG THE HILLSIDE, BUT NOT WHEN OR BY WHOM. APPARENTLY WORKINGS WERE DUG AT THE SAME TIME OF FARTS AND WASSUM MINES. DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE WORKINGS ONLY, NO SHAFTS, ETC. FOUND,. FAIRLY LARGE SET OF WORKINGS, BUT PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS NOT EXPOSED NOR DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE. SMALL TABULAR BARITE CRYSTALS AND VEINS OF BARITE AND FLUORITE FOUND ON THE DUMP. AS WITH OTHER DEPOSITS IN THE DISTRICT, BARITE OCCURS AS VEINS AND REPLACEMENT MASSES IN FRACTURED BEDROCK, AND AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN THE SOIL.
Deposit THIS IS A NEW PROSPECT LOCATION, NOT PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM; 2 UNPUB REPT

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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