| Deposit ID | 10171402 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0290990048 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fletcher Property |
| Point of reference | Town |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -90.73481, 38.16536 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 182 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
Missouri(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fletcher(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Missouri | Jefferson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Principal | 040 N | 003 E | 31 | N2N2 | Missouri |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chert | Unknown |
| Clay | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Town (1) | -90.73481, 38.16536 |
|---|
| Thickness | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 700M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 75M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 3.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 220HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1977 |
| Year of first production | 1979 |
| District name | Washington County Barite District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dresser Minerals |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Texas |
| Year | 1978 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 220HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0290990048 |
MUILENBURG, GARRETT A., BARITE MINING IN MISSOURI IN KANSAS
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GUIDEBOOK, 17TH FIELD CONFERENCE, 1954
SACKETT, E.L.H., BARITE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI,
HISTORY AND DEVELOPEMENT, UNPUBLISHED PAPER PRESENTED AT
AIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE, ST. LOUIS, MO. 1958
WAGNER, RICHARD J., STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS
AND GENESIS OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY,
MISSOURI
WHARTON, HEYWARD M., ET AL,"BARITE" IN MISSOURI MINERALS-
RESERVES, PRODUCTION, AND FORECASTS, MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY, SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS NUMBER 1
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PLANT TO BE COMPLETED AND PRODUCTION TO BEGIN LATE 1979 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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