Poole Prospect, Gossan Lead Mining District, Grayson County, Virginia, USAi
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Poole Prospect | Prospect |
Gossan Lead Mining District | Mining District |
Grayson County | County |
Virginia | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 39' 7'' North , 81° 2' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Fries | 469 (2017) | 8.7km |
Galax | 6,914 (2017) | 10.0km |
Independence | 927 (2017) | 11.0km |
Sparta | 1,726 (2017) | 18.0km |
Woodlawn | 2,343 (2011) | 20.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
103943
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:103943:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0b9f89a1-7e11-45a4-9b6a-8ac0bde1d836
REF:Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1935, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.
Deposit:: STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SUR
Commodities (Major) - Barium-Barite; (Minor) - Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite; (Trace) - Gypsum-Anhydrite
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Residual Clay
Structure: Fries Overthrust; Local Shear Zone And/Or Fault, NE-SW Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium.
Host Rock: Gneiss
Tectonic Structure: Orogen; On The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets
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3 valid minerals.
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β Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
β Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
β Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 3 - Halides | |||
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β | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
β | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 Β· 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | β Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | β Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
Ca | β Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
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