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Hurt Barite Prospects

Occurrence in Pittsylvania 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 10080195
MRDS ID W031294
Record type Site
Current site name Hurt Barite Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.31558, 37.09118 (WGS84)
Elevation 216
Relative position 1.42 MILES SW OF ALTA VISTA GAGING STATION FOR ROANOKE RIVER ON BUSINESS ROUTE 29.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pittsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Altavista(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 Pittsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • AREA OF MORE THAN 15 PITS IN WOODS IS REACHED BY GRAVEL ROAD (PADLOCKED ENTRANCE) NEXT TO PARKING LOT OF DISTRIBUTION CENTER BUILDING FOR BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES. FOLLOW GRAVEL ROAD UP HILL FOR 900 FEET, PROSPECTS ARE RIGHT (EAST) OF ROAD. BURLINGTON INSUSTRIES PLANT IN ON NW SIDE OF ROUTE 29 (BUSINESS), 1 MILE SW OF ROANOKE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Marble Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartzite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
    Rock description Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip PROBABLY SE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY SIMILAR TO NEARBY HAMNER AND ARTHUR MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Manganese Iron And Barite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barite Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE MORE THAN 15 PITS 5-10 FEET DEEP WITH A N 30 DEG E TREND. PITS ARE ABOUT 15 FEET ACROSS AND ARE COVERED WITH LEAVES FROM THE HARDWOOD WOODS, DOMINENTLY OAK. NO GEOLOGY IS EXPOSED.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT WAS WORKED BEFORE 1907 BUT NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE WORKINGS. EDMUNDSON (1938) REPORTED "RECENT" PROSPECTING BY THE BARIUM MINING CORP. (PROBABLY AROUND 1935-1937). TEST PITS WERE DUG AND ARE NOW FILLED AND THE RESULTS OF THIS PROSPECTING ARE UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - OPENINGS WERE MADE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL BARIUM MINING CORP.-DUG TEST PITS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TREND OF PITS IS N 30 DEG E. BARITE BEARING CLAY DERIVED FROM THE MOUNT ATHOS FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-OCT-1987 Good, Richard S. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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