REF:Deposit:: STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETING 72, 233P.
Deposit:: RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST
Commodities (Trace) - Barium-Barite
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Plutonic Group (Rankin Et El, 1972)
Structure: E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family To The N, And Ne-Sw Trending Fries Fault Family To The S, Ne-Sw Trending Shear Zone In The Granite Gneiss
Host Rock: Granitic Gneiss, Clay, Mud
Tectonic Structure: On The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets

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Mineral List

ⓘ Baryte

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Clay

ⓘ 'Granitic gneiss'

ⓘ Mud

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO₄

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Baryte	7.AD.35	BaSO₄

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
Ba	Barium
Ba	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄

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Laurentides DomainPassive Margin

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