Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10080161 |
| MRDS ID |
W031253 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Earhart Prospect |
Geographic coordinates
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Geographic coordinates:
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-79.19892, 37.96449 (WGS84)
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| Relative position |
APPROX A MILE NE OF SPOTSWOOD |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
Virginia |
Augusta |
Comments on the location information
- 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) NORTHEAST OF SPOTSWOOD ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE NOW ABANDONED BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. PROBABLY JUST OFF THE EAST SIDE OF INTERSTATE 81. 1986: BELIEVE PROSPECT HAS BEEN OBLITERATED BY I-81.
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Barium-Barite |
Primary |
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Barite |
Ore |
| Dolomite |
Gangue |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Unconsolidated Deposit
> Clay, Mud |
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Carbonate
> Dolomite |
| Rock unit name |
Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| Rock description |
Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
Geologic structures
| Type |
Description |
Terms |
| Regional |
Ne-Sw Trend; Blue Ridge-Catoctin Mountain Anticlinorium |
|
| Local |
Local Unnamed Anticline, Steeles Tavern Syncline; Fairfield Thrust Fault |
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Controls for ore emplacement
Comments on the geologic information
- FOR GEOLOGIC MAP SEE: WERNER, H.J., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE VESUVIUS QUADRANGEL, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, 53 P.
