Earhart Prospect

Past Producer in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10080161
MRDS ID	W031253
Record type	Site
Current site name	Earhart Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-79.19892, 37.96449 (WGS84)
Relative position	APPROX A MILE NE OF SPOTSWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vesuvius(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Virginia	Augusta

Comments on the location information

1.6 KM (1.0 MI) NORTHEAST OF SPOTSWOOD ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE NOW ABANDONED BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. PROBABLY JUST OFF THE EAST SIDE OF INTERSTATE 81. 1986: BELIEVE PROSPECT HAS BEEN OBLITERATED BY I-81.

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)	-79.19892, 37.96449	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Ne-Sw Trend; Blue Ridge-Catoctin Mountain Anticlinorium
Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Local Unnamed Anticline, Steeles Tavern Syncline; Fairfield Thrust Fault

Ore body information

General form IRREGULAR

General form	IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

Clay Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

FOR GEOLOGIC MAP SEE: WERNER, H.J., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE VESUVIUS QUADRANGEL, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, 53 P.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1934
Discoverer	J.N. And N.S. Hotinger
Year of first production	1936

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Hotinger, J. N. And N. S.

Type	Operator
Owner	Hotinger, J. N. And N. S.

Comments on the production information

ONE TRUCKLOAD OF BARITE WAS RECOVERED FROM THE RESIDUAL SOIL MANTLE.

Comments on the workings information

ORE WAS MINED BY SURFACE CUTS. NO WORKINGS WERE SEEN IN 1986

Comments on development

THE PROPERTY WAS PROSPECTED BY J.N. AND N.S. HOTINGER IN 1934 AND MINED ON A SMALL SCALE DURING THE SUMMER OF 1936. ABOUT ONE TRUCK LOAD WAS MINED.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W031253

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

1934 DIREXPL J.N. AND N.S. HOTINGER-PROSPECTED AND MINE
Production

EDMUNDSON, R.S., (1938)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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