| Deposit ID | 10080172 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031265 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cornett-Hull Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.54983, 36.81675 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MARION. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Smyth(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Marion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Smyth |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Calcite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Beekmantown Formation |
| Rock description | Beekmantown;Residual Clay And Soil |
| (1) | -81.54983, 36.81675 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Mine Is Located Southeast Of The Marion Dome, Approximately 1000 Feet Northwest Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault, And 100 To 300 Feet Southeast Of An Unnamed Thrust Fault. |
| General form | IRREGULAR. LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 65 DEG 3 |
| Dip | 40-45 DEG SE |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Year of last production | 1906 |
| District name | Smyth County Barite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cornett-Hull? |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. M. Hull, Jr, C. O. Gordon, E. H. Warren |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 1524M |
| Overall width | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031265 |
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.
BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.
COOPER, B.N., 1936, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARION AREA, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-L.
FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I., MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).
DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS, TRENCHES, MINE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AS STATED BY EDMUNDSON (1938), THE BARITE OCCURS AS VEINS AND REPLACEMENT MASSES IN A BELT OF HIGHLY FRACTURED DOLOMITE. DEFINITE VEIN SYSTEMS WERE NOT IDENTIFIED AND THE MINERALIZAITON MOST LIKELY OCCUPIES AN IRREGULAR FRACTURE ZONE. BARITE ALSO OCCURS AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN THE OVERLYING CLAY AND SOIL. |
| Deposit | EDMUNDSON (1938) STATED THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST BARITE OPERATIONS IN SMYTH COUNTY. HE ALSO STATED CONSIDERABLE RESERVES OF BARITE REMAIN IN THE BEDROCK, BUT THE EXPENSE IN RECOVERY WOULD MAKE MINING UNPROFITABLE. THE RESIDUAL BARITE WAS LARGELEY EXHAUSTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1987 | Lovett, James A. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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