Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chert, Clay, Dolomite, Galena, Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1904
Discovery year1720
Identification
Deposit ID10148326
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.95006, -90.75011
References
MUILENBURG, GARRETT A., BARITE MINING IN MISSOURI IN KANSASGEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GUIDEBOOK, 17TH FIELD CONFERENCE, 1954SACKETT, E.L.H., BARITE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI,HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, UNPUBLISHED PAPER PRESENTED ATAIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE, ST. LOUIS, MO. 1958WAGNER, RICHARD J., STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLSAND GENESIS OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON COUNTYWHARTON, HEYWARD M, ET AL,'BARITE'IN MISSOURI MINERALS-RESERVES, PRODUCTION, AND FORCASTS, MISSOURI GEOLOGICALSURVEY, SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS NUMBER 1