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Taylor Mine

Past Producer 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 10102273
MRDS ID K001667
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.63539, 37.10979 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.2 KM (0.75 MI) NORTHWEST OF MAXWELL. MINE 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

  • ABOUT 260 M (850 FT) NORTHWEST OF A MEANDER IN CLINCH RIVER AND ABOUT 60 M (197 FT) WEST OF A DIRT ROAD. LOCATION NOT FIELD CHECKED.

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) -81.63539, 37.10979
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum, Veins?

Comments on the geologic information

  • ENCLOSING ROCK IS A DENSE PEARL-GRAY LIMESTONE THAT STRIKES N70E AND DIPS 30SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1904
Production years 1904

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF TWO OPEN CUTS EACH ABOUT 9 M (30 FT) LONG, 3 M (10 FT) WIDE, AND 2.4 M (8 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPERATED ABOUT 1904 AND WAS A SMALL PRODUCER. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

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

    1904? DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE

  • 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-NOV-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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