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Barrel Springs Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013036
MRDS ID D009111
Record type Site
Current site name Barrel Springs Mine
Alternate or previous names Pearl Springs Barite Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.3289, 38.23668 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.6 MILES N 02 E OF QUERIDA, Center Of Section Within General Area Of Property

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tyndall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021S 071W 09 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN EXCEPT THAT IT IS ON AL GRIFFIN'S PROPERTY. THIS LOCATION IS IN THAT VICINITY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 30
USGS model code 11d
Deposit model name Thorium-rare-earth veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Undivided Gneiss
    Rock description Undivided Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.3289, 38.23668
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults, Shears, Ne-Trending Mineralized Vein

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins, Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1939
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Barite Co.
    Home office Box 183, Canon City, Co.
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner Al Griffin
    Home office Canon City, Co.
    First year 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.007HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 200 FT X 4 FT X 12 FT DEEP; TUNNEL 50 FT LONG;

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1982, INSPECTION RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

  • Production

    COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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