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Saunders Barite-Pryite Mine

Past Producer in Campbell county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080190
MRDS ID W031288
Record type Site
Current site name Saunders Barite-Pryite Mine
Alternate or previous names Saunders Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.26642, 37.21673 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN.

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

  • 4.8 KM (3 MI) SE OF EVINGTON, ON THE CREST OF A REDGE TRENDING N 30 E ON THE E SIDE OF FLAT CREEK. APPROX POSITION IN N ON STATE ROAD 709 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 696 FOR 0.37 KM (0.23 MI), TURN E ON ROAD FOR ABOUT 0.64 KM (0.4 MI), WHERE ROAD FORDS. MINE IS BELIEVED TO BE JUST EAST OF THE FORK ALONG THE CREST OF THE RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcareous Quartzite To Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum
    Rock description Clay Residuum

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.26642, 37.21673
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Smith River Allocthon
Type of structure Local
Structure description Formations Appear To Be Overturned

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Originally Submarine Metal Rich Brines Later Remobilized

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Saunders

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHAFTS, THE DEEPEST ONE DOES NOT EXCEED 30.5 M (100 FT), OPEN CUTS, AND TUNNELS (?) WERE DUG. DIMENSIONS ARE UNKNOWN FOR THESE WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED IN THE 1880'S, WATSON (1907) DATES THE OPENING ABOUT 1887. IT CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, AND TUNNELS (?), THE DEEPEST SHAFT DID NOT EXCEED 30.5 M (100 FT). THE OPENINGS EXTENDED ALONG A NARROW RIDGE TRENDING N 30 E FOR APPROX 610 M (2000 FT). THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SAUNDERS, FLEMING, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P.125) 1008, 155P. (P.125-129). 305-327.

  • Deposit

    HALL, JOHN, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P.125); ALSO, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1987.

  • Deposit

    1887? DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE CONTAINING PYRITE OCCURS IN CLAY RESIDUUM DERIVED FROM MARBLE OF THE MOUNT ATHOS FORMATION. BEDROCK WAS NOT REPORTED IN THE WORKINGS, BUT ABOUT 15 M (50 FT) EAST OF THE PRINCIPAL SHAFTS THE FOOTWALL IS A FINE-GRAINED MICA SCHIST STRIKING N 30 E AND DIPPING 70 NW.

Reporter information

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

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