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Kemper Mine

Past Producer in Fauquier 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067547
MRDS ID W000330
Record type Site
Current site name Kemper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.72442, 38.53504 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LOIS. 5.4 KM (3.4 MI) SOUTHEAST OF BEALETON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Fauquier

Comments on the location information

  • 740 M (2427 FT) SOUTHWEST OF THE GEAR MINE. 410 M (1345 FT) EAST OF STATE ROAD 17. 150 M (492 FT) WEST OF PIPELINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabase Dikes
    Rock description Diabase Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Bull Run Shale
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Bull Run Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.72442, 38.53504
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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 Faulting?

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Fauquier County Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr S W Kemper

Comments on the production information

  • NO FIGURES OR YEARS GIVEN, BUT PROBABLY SOME BARITE WAS MINED COMMERCIALLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "THE SHOWING AT THE PROPERTY IS NOT ENCOURAGEING, AND IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN LARGELY EXHAUSTED."

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN PIT IS 7.6 M (25 FT) BY 6.1 M (20 FT) AND WAS AT LEAST 5.5 M (18 FT) DEEP. THE PIT SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN PIT MEASURES 3 M (10 FT) BY 3.7 M (12 FT) AND IS 1.5 M (5 FT) DEEP. THE OTHER PIT IS 2.4 M (8 FT) CIRCULAR AND 2.4 M (8 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE CONSISTED OF 3 PITS. MAIN PIT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A FENCELINE, 305 M (1000 FT) NORTHEAST OF KEMPER'S BARN. ONE SMALL PIT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FENCELINE, ABOUT 7.6 M (25 FT) SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN PIT. THE OTHER PIT IS ALSO SOUTH OF THE FENCELINE, ABOUT 15.2 M (50 FT) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN PIT. THE MAIN PIT IS NOW FILLED WITH TRASH AND DEBRIS AND THE OTHER TWO PITS ARE FILLED WITH WATER. DATE OF OPERATION IS UNKNOWN AND NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R. S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 76-77.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE- VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON VA DIV MIN RES - INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    ? DIREXPL ? - DUG 3 PITS, MINED

  • Reserve-Resource

    EDMUNDSON REFERENCE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE IS FOUND ON THE SURFACE AROUND THE MAIN PIT. NO BEDROCK WAS SEEN IN THE PITS. DIABASE COBBLES OCCUR TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE MINE SITE, NOT RELATED TO BARITE MINERALIZATION. BARITE OCCURRED IN RESIDUAL CLAY.

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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