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Berger Mine

Past Producer in Pittsylvania 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 10106187
MRDS ID W031292
Record type Site
Current site name Berger Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.46282, 36.96813 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) SOUTH OF PITTSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pittsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pittsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(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 Pittsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) SOUTH ON STATE ROAD 773 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 794; MINE IS 120 M (394 FT) NORTH OF ROAD. ABOUT 2.0 KM (1.25 MI) EAST OF TOSHES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Muscovite 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 > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.46282, 36.96813
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

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 1890
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Campbell-Pittsylvania Counties Barite Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barium Mining Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Berger

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED "LARGE" PRODUCTION DURING 1800'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OLD WORKINGS ARE OF UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS. THE OPEN CUT DEVELOPED BY THE BARIUM MINING CORPORATION WAS 122 M (400 FT) LONG, 46 M (150 FT) WIDE, AND 15 M (50 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED DURING THE 1800'S. SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS OF UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS WERE DUG AND AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF BARITE WAS PRODUCED. IN 1937 THE BARIUM MINING CORPORATION REOPENED THE MINE. THEY DEVELOPED AN OPEN CUT AT THE NORTHEASTERN END OF THE PROPERTY. PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    1937 DIREXPL BARIUM MINING CORPORATION - MINED OPEN CUT

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES-INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, SHAFTS, MINED

  • Production

    WATSON (1907)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS IN THE RED AND BLACK CLAY DERIVED FROM THE MICA SCHIST, WITH MASSES OF KAOLINIZED FELDSPAR WHICH ARE NOT BARITE BEARING. MICA SCHIST FORMS THE WALL ROCKS AND INCLUDES MASSES AND STRINGERS OF KAOLINIZED FELDSPAR.

Reporter information

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

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