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Manassas Occurrence

Occurrence in Prince William 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067540
MRDS ID W000323
Record type Site
Current site name Manassas Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.47302, 38.73004 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 3.2 KM (2 MI) SOUTH OF MANASSAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince William(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Independent Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Prince William

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO INDICATIONS OF ORE IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Bull Run Shale
    Rock description Bull Run Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.47302, 38.73004
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Potomac Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BARITE-FILLED FISSURE VEINS 0.75-INCH WIDE IN BULL RUN SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • BARITE FOUND IN VEINS IN A SHALE QUARRY, NO DEVELOPMENTAL WORK WAS DONE FOR THE BARITE SINCE THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF ORE IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 89

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, J. K., 1928, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 29, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R S, 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS IN VEINS UP TO 0.75 IN WIDE IN BULL RUN SHALE.
Deposit THE BARITE MAY BE SEEN ON THE SURFACE OF AN OLD SHALE QUARRY WHERE ROAD MATERIAL WAS USED SOME YEARS AGO TO CONSTRUCT THE MANASSAS-MILFORD MILLS ROAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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