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Shorter 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080160
MRDS ID W031252
Record type Site
Current site name Shorter Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.63893, 37.67506 (WGS84)
Elevation 524
Relative position 0.7 KM (0.4 MI) NORTHWEST OF RAPPS MILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockbridge(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugarloaf Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Rockbridge

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 KM (0.4 MI) NORTHWEST ON STATE ROAD 738 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 611, TO A HOUSE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, 210 M (689 FT) NORTH OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
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) Beekmantown Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline, Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGIC MAP SEE: SPENCER E.W., 1968, VIRGINIA DIV. OF MINERAL RES. REPORT OF INVESTINGATIONS 13, 55 P.

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 Smith

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS WERE DUG.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS WERE DUG AND SOME BARITE WAS FOUND. MRS. SHORTER'S DAUGHTER, WHOSE NAME IS SMITH, NOW OWNS THE LAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES. - INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG PROSPECT PITS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO EXPOSURES OF BEEKMANTOWN DOLOMITE VISIBLE, BUT CHERT AND SANDSTONE FLOAT OCCURS ON HILL.

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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