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Ramsay Mine

Past Producer in Pittsylvania 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. 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 10080198
MRDS ID W031297
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.46643, 36.96674 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pittsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pittsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(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

  • NORTHEAST OF THE BENNETT MINE. 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) SOUTHWEST OF THE BERGER MINE. 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) SOUTHEAST OF TOSHES, ALONG FRYINGPAN CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MARBLE FLOAT CONTAINS DISSEMINATED GRAINS OF METALLIC SULPHIDES (PYRITE MOSTLY).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Marble Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Quartzite 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
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.46643, 36.96674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allochthon James River Synolinorium
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 Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barium Mining Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ramsay

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS WERE PRODUCED FROM 1933-?; UNKNOWN BUT "LARGE" PRODUCTION DURING THE 1880'S.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BARITE IS NOW REPORTED TO BE SCARCE, SO NO RESERVES ARE BELIEVED PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS, SHAFTS. THE OPEN CUT DUG BY THE BARIUM MINING CORP. IS 183 M (600 FT) LONG, 46 M (150 FT) WIDE, AND 6.1 M (20 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED AND WORKED IN THE 1880'S AND EARLY 1890'S (?) WITH AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF BARITE RECOVERED. IT WAS REOPENED IN 1933 BY THE BARIUM MINING CORPORATION WHICH ERECTED A WASHING PLANT. SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF HIGH-GRADE BARITE WERE RECOVERED FROM THE OLD DUMPS AND A LARGE OPEN CUT. - THE OPEN CUT IS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH WATER NOW. THE MINE HAD WATER PROBLEMS AND THE BARITE RESERVES APPEAR TO BE EXHAUSTED

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

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

  • Deposit

    1933 DIREXPL BARIUM MINING COMPANY-REWORKED DUMP PILES

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES-INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS?

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938) WATSON (1907)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS IN BLACK, MANGANIFEROUS AND FERRUGINOUS CLAY DERIVED FROM THE MARBLE AND SCHIST. THE 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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