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Phillips Mine and Prospect

Past Producer in Campbell 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106186
MRDS ID W031287
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Mine and Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.24975, 37.20006 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Craig(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • 4 KM (2.5 MI) SOUTHEAST OF EVINGTON, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) EAST OF FLAT CREEK, SOUTH-WEST OF AND ADJOINING THE SAUNDERS MINE. THE PHILLIPS PROSPECT IS ABOUT 305 M (1000 FT) WEST OF THE MINE. MINE IS ON THE NORTH FOOT OF HADEN MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartzite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.24975, 37.20006
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium Smith River Allochthon
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phillips

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF BARITE WERE MINED AT THE PHILLIPS MINE. AT THE PHILLIPS PROSPECT ABOUT 4 CARS OF BARITE WERE PRODUCED IN 1931.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKED BY OPEN CUT MORE THAN 61 M (200 FT) LONG, 23 M (75 FT) WIDE, AND 12.2 M (40 FT) DEEP. THE PROSPECT WAS WORKED BY SHAFTS, THE DEEPEST BEING 18.3 M (60 FT), ONE OPEN CUT ABOUT 3.7 M (12 FT) DEEP, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED IN THE 1880'S BY AN OPEN CUT. THE PHILLIPS PROSPECT WAS WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE DURING THE WINTER OF 1930-1931 AND CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHAFTS WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 18.3 M (60 FT), ONE OPEN CUT ABOUT 3.7 M (12 FT) DEEP, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES. ABOUT FOUR CARLOADS OF BARITE WERE SHIPPED FROM THE PHILLIPS PROSPECT IN 1931, BUT THE BARITE IS REPORTED TO HAVE CONTAINED A RELATIVELY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF IRON. THE PHILLIPS MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF BARITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    188? DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUT, MINED

  • Deposit

    1930 DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINED

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit BARITE OCCURS IN BLACK CLAY (UMBER) DERIVED FROM THE MOUNT ATHOS FORMATION. AT THE PHILLIPS PROSPECT THE SHAFTS PENETRATE A FEW FEET OF RED CLAY NEAR THE SURFACE AND THEN CONTINUE IN THE BLACK "UMBER". NO BEDROCK WAS NOTED IN THE WORKINGS, BUT ABOUT 15 M (50 FT) TO THE EAST ARE EXPOSURES OF QUARTZ MICA SCHIST STRIKING N 35 E AND DIPPING 70 NW. THE PHILLIPS PROSPECT IS THOUGHT TO BE THE CONTINUATION OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE IN THE PHILLIPS MINE WHICH LOCALLY HAS BEEN OFFSET BY FAULTING. THE SOUTHWESTERN END OF THE OPEN CUT AT THE PHILLIPS MINE ENDS ABRUPTLY AGAINST A QUARZITE WALL WHICH MARKS A FAULT CONTACT. THE QUARTZITE STRIKES N 35 E AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTHWEST AND THERE IS A SHARP CONTACT BETWEEN THE QUARTZITE AND THE BLACK CLAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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