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Head Waters Barite Occurrence

Occurrence in Highland 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082562
MRDS ID W055406
Record type Site
Current site name Head Waters Barite Occurrence
Related records 10067233

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.44225, 38.32505 (WGS84)
Elevation 680

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Highland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McDowell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Staunton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Highland

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE N SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 250 APPROXIMATELY 0.35 MILES BY ROAD W OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 614.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Brallier
    Rock description Brallier
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.44225, 38.32505
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 70 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONCRETIONS FORMED EITHER DURING OR AFTER DEPOSITION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE OF BARITE CONCRETIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, CLARENCE E., 1960, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE CONCRETIONS IN THE ROMNEY SHALE, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA, M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, 173P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL BARITE CONCRETIONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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