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Democrat Barite

Producer in Nevada county in California, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109286
MRDS ID M011694
Record type Site
Current site name Democrat Barite
Related records 10188694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80547, 39.23017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 010E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80547, 39.23017
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chemical And Pigments Co., Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 35,000 TONS OF 85-98% BASO4 SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1930. BETWEEN 1919 AND 1930 WAS AN IMPORTANT PRODUCER, AND DURING MOST OF THAT TIME WAS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF BARITE IN THE STATE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SOME PRODUCTION IN 1960; TOTAL OUTPUT 10,000 TO 100,000 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT; CROSSCUT, RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR MINES & GEOLOGY, V.37, NO.3, JULY 1941, P.378,449

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXVI, P. 91-94

  • Deposit

    DOM MIN. INF. SVCE V. 16, NO. 10, 1963, P. 4; ADD. REF.: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.2, P. 65-66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OF COMMERCIAL GRADE (SHOWING IN PART AS MUCH AS 98% BASO4) PASSES INTO AN IMPURE BARIUM-ALUMINUM SILICATE ROCK; THE BARITES VARIES IN COLOR FROM PINK OR GREY TO BLACK AND IS NEARLY ALL SLIGHTLY "OFF-COLOR" WHEN GROUND AND REQUIRES CHEMICAL TREATMENT. COMPRISES 20 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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