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Anthony Mine

Past Producer in Campbell 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080179
MRDS ID W031275
Record type Site
Current site name Anthony Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.26642, 37.1834 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynch Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • 3.2 KM (2 MI) SOUTHWEST OF THE SAUNDERS MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Marble Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.26642, 37.1834
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting?

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anthony

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED "CONSIDERABLE" ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS IS AVAILABLE, BUT OTHER MINES IN THE AREA CONSISTED OF BOTH SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1874 AND 1907, PROBABLY IN THE LAST HALF OF THE 1870'S OR THE EARLY 1880'S. DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS IS UNAVAILABLE, BUT THE PRODUCTION WAS DESCRIBED AS "CONSIDERABLE" BY WATSON (1907).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - MINE

  • Production

    WATSON (1907)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURRED IN RESIDUAL CLAY DERIVED FROM MARBLE. MICA SCHIST MAKES UP THE HOST ROCK. MARBLE OCCURS IN THE MOUNT ATHOS FORMATION.

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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