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Tuck Mine

Past Producer 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 10080200
MRDS ID W031300
Record type Site
Current site name Tuck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.45726, 36.98285 (WGS84)
Elevation 270
Relative position 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) EAST OF PITTSVILLE.

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

  • ABOUT 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) WEST ON STATE ROAD 672 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 768, TURN NORTH ON DIRT ROAD FOR 160 M (525 FT), MINE IS 70 M (230 FT) EAST OF ROAD. MINE IS ALSO ABOUT 70 M (230 FT) WEST OF A DIRT ROAD TO THE EAST OF THE FIRST DIRT ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chlorite 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 > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.45726, 36.98285
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trends Smith River Allochthon 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 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tuck

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS WERE DUG, RANGING FROM 6.1 M (20 FT) TO 27.4 M (90 FT) DEEP AND AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 3 M (10 FT) IN DIAMETER. NO OPEN CUTS OR PITS WERE REPORTED.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED BEFORE 1900? AND SEVERAL SHAFTS WERE DUG. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS IN RESIDUAL CLAY WITH QUARTZ FRAGMENTS. RESIDUAL CLAY IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM MARBLE OF 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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