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Becktel Prospect

Occurrence in Rockbridge 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080158
MRDS ID W031250
Record type Site
Current site name Becktel Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bachtell Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.47893, 37.72506 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 0.75 MI SW OF ELLIOTTS HILL CHURCH ON STATE ROAD 771

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockbridge(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glasgow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maury(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Rockbridge

Comments on the location information

  • 6.4 KM (4.0 MI) SOUTH OF LEXINGTON AND 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 11. SOUTHWEST OF ELLIOTTS HILL CHURCH AND EAST OF BUFFALO CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chert Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.47893, 37.72506
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pulaski-Staunton Thrust Fault, Anticline, Syncline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO ROCK EXPOSURES WERE MENTIONED BUT BEEKMANTOWN IS THE MOST LIKELY MOST ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bachtell, L.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS UNDERTAKEN. AREA GRADED OVER FOR OWNER'S AIRPORT.

Comments on development

  • NO WORK HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN, BUT BARITE HAS BEEN NOTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHERT FLOAT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE WAS NOTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHERT FLOAT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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