Stone Spring

Prospect in Washington county in Missouri, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124229
MAS/MILS ID 0292210045
Record type Site
Current site name Stone Spring

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.64451, 38.05836 (WGS84)
Elevation 230
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tiff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Festus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 039 N 003 E 36 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.64451, 38.05836

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 00E
    Thickness 9M
    Length 1300M
    Width 1000M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45E:00E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830329
  • Area 150HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 150
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Jig

Mining district

District name Washington County Barite District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Baroid Drilling Fluids, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office P. O. Box 1675, Houston, Tx 77215
    Year 1992

Comments on the production information

  • "JIG PRODUCT" IN THE PA RECORD MEANS WASHED AND JIGGED BARITE ORE, APPROXIMATELYTHREE FOURTHS OF AN INCH IN SIZE (2 CM. ).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE OPERATOR WOULD BE THE BAROID DIVISION OF N. L. INDUSTRIES, INC. THE IN-PLACE TONNAGE AND GRADE FOR QUANTITY MATRIX 1 WERE ESTIMATED FROM DATA REGARDING EXPECTED RECOVERABLE BARITE SUPPLIED BY THE BAROID DIVISION OF N. L. INDUSTRIES, INC. M9C4=M1C1 MATRIX 9, COLUMN 4 IS EQUAL TO MATRIX 1, COLUMN 1. 1992 RESERVE FROM AUSTRIAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS WELT-BERGBAU-DATEN- BARYTES BY WEBER, L. & PLESCHIUTSCHNIG, I. SERIES A, VOL 2. VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 1992, PP. 161-168.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 80HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .57
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Capacity 4000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.19
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 200
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • THE COMPLETE NAME OF THE MINING DISTRICT IS WASHINGTON COUNTY BARITE DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROBST, D. A. BARIUM MINERALS. INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND

  • Deposit

    MINERALS. PORT CITY PRESS, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 4TH. ED.

  • Deposit

    (SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF AIME),

  • Deposit

    1975, PP. 427-442.

  • Deposit

    MUILENBERG, G. A. BARITE MINING AND PRODUCTION IN MISSOURI.

  • Deposit

    MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ROLLA, MISSOURI, 1957, 13 PP.

  • Deposit

    SACKETT, E. L. H. BARITE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI

  • Deposit

    HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. REPORT PRESENTED AT ST. LOUIS

  • Deposit

    (MISSOURI) MEETING OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION OF

  • Deposit

    AIME, OCT. 1958, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    WHARTON, H. M. BARITE ORE POTENTIAL OF FOUR TAILING PONDS,

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON COUNTY BARITE DISTRICT, MISSOURI. MISSOURI

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTI-

  • Deposit

    GATIONS NO. 53, 1972, 91 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTUALLY, THE 1-METER AVERAGE THICKNESS WOULD NOT BE MINED AT THE STONE SPRING MINE. THE MINING CUT DEPTH WOULD AVERAGE 5 METERS (ROCK IN WHICH THE THIN ORE BODIES WOULD BE DILUTED).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-1995 Amaro, R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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