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Honaker Mine

Past Producer in Russell 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102270
MRDS ID K001645
Record type Site
Current site name Honaker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.96762, 36.99396 (WGS84)
Elevation 604
Relative position 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) SOUTHEAST OF HONAKER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Garden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(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 Russell

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 410 M (1345 FT) NORTH OF CLINCH RIVER, 480 M (1574 FT) EAST OF STATE ROAD 653, AND 265 M (869 FT) WEST OF A DIRT ROAD, NEAR THE END OF COUNTY ROAD 723. 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) NORTHEAST OF HUBBARD JUNCTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.96762, 36.99396
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO BEDROCK EXPOSED IN THE OPENINGS, BUT LOCATION IS STRATIGRAPHICALLY ABOUT 91.5 M (300 FT) BELOW THE RED SHALE AND DOLOMITE OF THE MURFREESBORO LIMESTONE (EDMUNDSON, 1938).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880
Production years 1880-1906

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lias Honaker

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE ARE PROBABLY NO COMMERCIAL RESERVES.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS ABOUT 30.5 M (100 FT) LONG, 6.1 M (20 FT) WIDE, AND 6.1 M (20 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS ORIGINALLY WORKED IN THE 1880'S BY JOSEPH HARRISON AND REWORKED BY LIAS HONAKER IN 1906. THE BARITE RECOVERED DURING THE LAST OPERATION WAS MILLED AT THE PLANT OF THE CLINCH VALLEY BARYTES COMPANY ALONG THE CLINCH RIVER NEAR BLACKFORD.

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

    1880? DIREXPL JOSEPH HARRISON- DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED

  • Deposit

    1906 DIREXPL LIAS HONAKER- DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN RESIDUAL CLAY. NO BEDROCK IS EXPOSED IN THE WORKINGS.

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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