| Deposit ID | 10067262 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | VA01751 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Miles Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.5715, 36.82202 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 686 |
| Relative position | 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MARION |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Smyth |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Beekmantown Formation |
| Rock description | Beekmantown;Residual Clay And Soil |
| (1) | -81.5715, 36.82202 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Southwest Trending Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Mine Is Located On The Southern Flank Of The Marion Dome, 1 Mile North Of Seven Springs Thrust Fault. |
| General form | LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL , IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST-WEST |
| Dip | 12 DEGREES SE |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Miles (?) |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Year of last production | 1902 |
| District name | Smyth County Barite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Miles |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. Gardiner, L. Ellis |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Overall length | 91.44M |
| Overall width | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | VA01751 |
BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.
COOPER, B.N., 1936, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARION AREA, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-L.
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53.
FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS NOT EXPOSED NOR DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE. AS WITH THE OTHER DEPOSITS IN THE 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 | SEPARATE LOCATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE MILES AND GARDNER MINES, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY LISTED WITH 1 DESCRIPTION AND 1 LOCATION. EDMUNDSON STATES THE MILES MINE DEPOSIT IS ALONG THE SAME MINERALIZED ZONE AS THE H.P. COPENHAVER AND SHAMKLIN MINES, BUT IT HAS BEEN A RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT PRODUCER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1987 | Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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