REF:Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.
Deposit:: STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL
Commodities (Major) - Barium-Barite
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Clay Residuum, Unicoi Formation
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium; E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family, E-W Trending Normal Fault (Stose & Stose, 1957).
Host Rock: Granitic Gneiss, Clay, Mud
Tectonic Structure: Orogen; Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheet

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Barite (Barytes)

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

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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Great Smoky Mountains Rift BasinBasin
Laurentides DomainPassive Margin

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