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Vaught, F. Mine

Past Producer in Grayson county in Virginia, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Lead
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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 10106183
MRDS ID W031261
Record type Site
Current site name Vaught, F. Mine
Alternate or previous names Shaft Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.13148, 36.75536 (WGS84)
Elevation 957
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 4.6 MILES S30E FROM SPEEDWELL ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF IRON MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grayson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Speedwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Grayson

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF PERKINS KNOB, 1.05 MILES S75E FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 805 AND 857; 1000 FT N87W FROM THE END OF STATE ROAD 857 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1986)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EDMUNDSON (1938) REPORTS BARITE, FLOURITE AND SECONDARY QUARTZ. SMALL CLUSTERS AND CUBES OF GALENA IDENTIFIED FROM DUMP SAMPLES COLLECTED IN 1986.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
    Rock description Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss
    Rock description Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.13148, 36.75536
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium; E-W Trending Stone Mountain Thrust Fault Family.
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 60 DEG S
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Trending Normal Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS AT LEAST IN PART IN A PEGMATITE WITHIN THE GNEISS. GEOLOGY BASED ON BAP BY RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEUMAN, 1972, USGS MISC. GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927

Mining district

District name Gossan Lead District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Callahan, William H.
    First year 1986

Comments on the production information

  • THE DATE PRODUCTION STOPPED IS UNKNOWN, BUT WAS BEFORE 1938. IT IS UNCERTAIN IF ANY BARITE WAS PRODUCED FROM SHAFT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EDMUNDSON RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL PROSPECTING TO ASCERTAIN THE SIZE OF THE DEPOSIT, UNCERTAIN IF THIS WAS DONE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OPEN CUT 18.3M (60 FT) LONG, 4.6M (15FT) WIDE, AND 3.7M (12FT) DEEP. A SHAFT, 15M (50FT) DEEP, WAS SUNK NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN END OF THE OPEN CUT AND IT HAD A DRIFT TO THE EAST. FIELD EXAMINATION CONDUCTED 8/12/86: CAVED SHAFT OR LARGEST PIT IS APPROXIMATEDLY 20FT WIDE AND 7FT DEEP, LIES AT THE SOUTHERN END OF A N10W TRENDING TRENCH THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 60FT LONG, 20FT WIDE, AND 6 TO 10FT DEEP. SMALL PITS, TRENCHES AND DUMPS WERE FOUND TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE MAIN TRENCH.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS FIRST PROSPECTED IN 1927 BY A SHALLOW TRENCH, WHICH WAS LATER ENLARGED TOAN OPEN CUT. A SHAFT WAS DUG IN 1928. 20 TONS OF BARITE WERE RECOVERED FROM THE OPEN CUT AND A LARGER BODY WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED LATER IN THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STOSE & STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS THE LARGEST AND MOST EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED PROSPECT/MINE IN THE NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY - FALLVILLE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM
Deposit BARITE OCCURRED AS LENSES IN THE OPEN CUT AND IN THE SHAFT. THE BARITE LENS IN THE OPEN CUT WAS A SOLID MASS 1.2M (4 FT) WIDE WHICH YIELDED 20 TONS OF BARITE. BEDROCK DOES NOT CROP OUT IN THE OPEN CUT, BUT WEATHERED PINK PEGMATITE WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE SHAFT, CONTAINING ABUNDANT BARITE, FLUORITE, AND SECONDARY QUARTZ. BARITE COLLECTEDON THE MICA DUMP WAS MASSIVE WITH CLUSTERS OF FINE GRAINED CRYSTALS, OCCASSIONALLY VUGGY AND IRON STAINED. FLOAT PIECES OF BARITE ARE UP TO 10 INCHES THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-1987 Lovett, James A. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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