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Carson Mine

Past Producer in Campbell county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron
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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 10080182
MRDS ID W031278
Record type Site
Current site name Carson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.08336, 37.337 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 9.7 KM (6.0 MI) SOUTHEAST OF LYNCHBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • 2.1 KM (1.3 MI) NORTHEAST OF PROVIDENCE CHURCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF U.S. ROUTE 501. 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) EAST ON STATE ROAD 667, FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 501, TO A FORK IN THE ROAD, TURN NORTHEAST FOR 280 M (918 FT), FIRST FARMHOUSE ON SOUTHSIDE OF ROAD. 550 M (1804 FT) SOUTHEAST OF HOUSE ON A TRIBUTARY OF BEAVER CREEK, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE BELOW THE HOUSE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • METALLIC SULPHIDES OCCUR IN QUARTZ COBBLES AND ON FRESH EXPOSURES OF MARBLE, APPEARS TO BE MOSTLY PYRITE. SPECULARITE IS ALSO REPORTED. THESE COMMODITIES APPEAR TO BE MINOR OCCURRENCES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Marble 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
    Rock unit name Mount Athos Formation (Chopawamsic Formation);Clay Residuum
    Rock description Mount Athos Formation (Chopawamsic Formation);Clay Residuum
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.08336, 37.337
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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 Fault Just South Of Mine, Thrust Fault To North

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MOUNT ATHOS - CANDLER FORMATIONAL CONTACT IS IN MINE AREA. SEE BROWN, W.R., 1958, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 74 FOR GEOLOGIC MAP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Garner

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS OF BARITE WERE PRODUCED IN 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 97.5M
    Overall depth 30.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS WERE DUG. ONE TUNNEL 30.5 M (100 FT) LONG WITH AN INTERSECTING SHAFT 30.5 M (100 FT) DEEP WAS THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT. TWO ADDITIONAL TUNNELS WERE DUG, EACH ABOUT 1.8 M (6 FT) WIDE AND 18.3 M (60 FT) LONG.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED IN 1937 BY A TUNNEL STRIKING N45 DEG E, TERMINATED AT ITS SOUTHWESTERN END BY A SHAFT. TWO ADDITIONAL TUNNELS WERE LATER DUG, AND THEY BOTH REQUIRED TIMBERING SINCE THEY WERE DRIVEN, IN PART, THROUGH UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL. SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS HAVE ALSO BEEN DUG. SEVERAL TONS OF BARITE WAS PRODUCED FROM THESE WORKINGS.

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

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P.

  • Deposit

    1937 DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS, TUNNELS, SHAFTS, MINED

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE IS WHITE COARSELY CRYSTALLINE AND OCCURS AS NODULES IN RESIDUAL CLAY AND MOSTLY IN VEINS. VEINS ARE GENERALLY ONLY A COUPLE OF INCHES WIDE, BUT AT LEAST TWO VEINS OF GREATER THICKNESS WERE REPORTED IN THE TUNNELS. BARITE VEINS OCCUR IN MARBLE AND MICA SCHIST. MARBLE IS 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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