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Altizer Prospects

Occurrence in Tazewell 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094991
MRDS ID K001665
Record type Site
Current site name Altizer Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.66511, 37.10146 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 KM (0.4 MI) NORTHWEST OF CLIFFIELD. THE EASTERN PROSPECT IS WITHIN 100 M OF THE UTM COORDINATES GIVEN, BASED ON THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tazewell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pounding Mill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Tazewell

Comments on the location information

  • THE EASTERN PROSPECT IS ABOUT 120 M (394 FT) EAST OF A TRIBUTARY TO CLINCH RIVER AND ABOUT 160 M (525 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHERN TIP OF A MEANDER OF THE CLINCH RIVER. THE WESTERN PROSPECT IS BELIEVED TO BE WITHIN 100 M OF THE FOLLOWING UTM COORDINATES: N 4105900 AND E 440100. EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AS FAR AS IS KNOWN NO BARITE WAS SHIPPED FROM THESE PROSPECTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.66511, 37.10146
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Paint Lick Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO BE CLASSED AS MINE BUT NO BARITE SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPENINGS OF AN UNKNOWN NUMBER, EACH ABOUT 6.1 TO 9.1 M (20 TO 30 FT) LONG.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTS WERE WORKED AT DIFFERENT TIMES BETWEEN 1901 AND 1905. NOT SURE IF IT WAS THE SAME OPERATOR EACH TIME THEY WERE WORKED. NO BARITE IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM THESE PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1901 DIREXPL ? - DUG OPENINGS, PROSPECTE

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 53.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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