Mullen Barite Mine

Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodity Barium-Barite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10010247
MRDS ID	D003831
Record type	Site
Current site name	Mullen Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-115.17432, 47.24626 (WGS84)
Elevation	1128
Relative position	APPROX. 5 MI SW OF ST. REGIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torino Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Montana	Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Montana Principal	017N	028W	09		Montana

Comments on the location information

APPROX LOCATION, BETWEEN HENDRICKSON GULCH AND LITTLE JOE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Barium-Barite Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Barite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-115.17432, 47.24626	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Structural Grain Consisting Of Nu Tow Striking Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	St. Regis District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner June Alexander

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	June Alexander

Comments on development

PRODUCTION BEGAN IN THE MID 1970S. MINE WAS STILL PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING AS OF 1977 .

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D003831

Bibliographic references

Deposit

LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 26 .
Deposit

HARRISON, J. E., AND OTHERS, 1974 , PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE WALLACE 1:250000 SHEET, IDAHO - MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPT. 74-37 .
Production

LAWSON, D. C., 1978 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 26 .

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1979	Rojstaczer, Stuart A.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.