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Groseclose Prospect #1

Occurrence in Smyth 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080174
MRDS ID W031268
Record type Site
Current site name Groseclose Prospect #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.45926, 36.85563 (WGS84)
Elevation 698
Relative position 3.55 MI NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MARION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smyth(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atkins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Smyth

Comments on the location information

  • .8 MILES N 35 DEG E FROM MT. CARMEL CURCH, 3000 FEET S 85 DEG E FROM BENCH MARK G 375 AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 689 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 11, 50 FEET EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 766 JUST EAST OF ARNEY CREEK IN ARNEY HOLLOW. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 12/4/85. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1986)

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
  • 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) -81.45926, 36.85563
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Walker Mountain Thrust Block
Type of structure Local
Structure description Prospect Lies Approximately 1000 Feet North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Along Local Fractures And Brecciated Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GENERAL STRIKE OF BEEKMANTOWN DOLOMITE ALONG CREEK IS N80E TO N84E AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE NORTH. REGIONAL GEOLOGY FROM C. BUTTS (1933).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name Smyth County Barite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. G. Goodell
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. W. Hutton

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • FAIRLY SMALL PROSPECT. OPEN CUT INTO HILLSIDE TRENDING N 80 DEG E, IS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET WIDE, 40 FEET LONG INTO HILLSIDE, AND 10 FEET HIGH (DEEP) AT END, WITH MINOR DUMP MATERIAL IN THE OUTSLOPE AND IN THE CUT. OPEN CUT IS MOSTLY FILLED IN AND GROWN OVER. FIELD EXAMINATION WAS CONDUCTED 12/4/85.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING (AND MINING) CONDUCTED IN THIS PART OF THE BARITE DISTRICT NORTHEAST OF MARION IN 1875. OTHERF NEARBY DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED FROM 1985 TO 1885. THE ORIGINAL WORKINGS WERE PARTLY FILLED WITH ROCK DEBRIS BY 1938.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 42.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS IN THE BEDROCK ALONG THE STREAM IN THIN IRREGULAR VEINS AND REPLACEMENT MASSES, THE BARITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE. IT IS BELIEVED THE PROSPECT WAS IN BEDROCK AND RESIDUAL CLAY (?). DEPTH AND DIMENSIONS OF THE BARITE OCCURRENCE IS NOT KNOWN. COARSE BARITE MASSES AND CRTYSTAL CLUSTERS FOUND IN DUMP ALONG WORKINGS.
Deposit THIS PROSPECT REPRESENTS THE NORTHEASTERN END OF THE KNOWN BARITE BELT IN SMYTH COUNTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-SEP-1987 Lovett, James A. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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