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Groseclose, J.C., Prospect

Occurrence in Wythe 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080150
MRDS ID W031240
Record type Site
Current site name Groseclose, J.C., Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.16648, 36.90007 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, DIRECTIONS GIVEN BELOW PLOT WITHIN ONE MINUTE OF THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE BELOW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crockett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • 9.7 KM (6.0 MI) SOUTHWEST OF WYTHEVILLE AND 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) NORTHEAST OF CROCKETT.

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum
    Rock description Clay Residuum
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.16648, 36.90007
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO BEDROCK TYPE WAS MENTIONED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Groseclose, J. C.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED

Comments on development

  • ABUNDANT BARITE FLOAT IS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY. NO PROSPECTING HAS BEEN DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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