Deposit ID | 10067243 |
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MRDS ID | VA01729 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Big Marys Creek Barite Ppt. |
Geographic coordinates: | -79.20114, 37.86894 (WGS84) |
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Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
Relative position | 1.5 MILES N-NW OF IRISH CREEK, Est Within 300 Meters |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Virginia | Rockbridge |
Commodity | Importance |
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Barium-Barite | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Barite | Ore |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
Rock unit name | Pedlar |
Rock description | Pedlar |
(1) | -79.20114, 37.86894 |
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Strike | NE - SW |
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Dip | VERTICAL |
Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Non-metallic |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1940 |
Ownership category | National Forest |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | VA01729 |
STEIDMAN, EDWARD, 1940, A BARITE VEIN NEAR LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA: VA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES - ABSTRACT, VOL. 1, NUMBER 7, P. 245
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | A BARITE VEIN, 18 INCHES WIDE, AND CUTTING GRANITE REPORTEDLY OUTCROPS IN A ROAD CUT ON BIG MARYS CREEK. IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS OF GRANITE ARE IMBEDDED IN THE BARITE. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-SEP-87 | Sweet, Palmer C. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |