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Howard and Ruth Cole Property

Occurrence in St. Francois county in Missouri, 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. 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 10221145
MAS/MILS ID 0291870012
Record type Site
Current site name Howard and Ruth Cole Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.63821, 38.06786 (WGS84)
Elevation 224
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Francois(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 St. Francois

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 039 N 003 E 31 N2NW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Clay Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.63821, 38.06786
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Date of Last Modification 800522
  • Area 52HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 52
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGOLITH CONSISTS MAINLY OF CLAYEY SOIL, FINE TO COARSE GRAINED BARITE, AND REMNANT BOULDERS AND COBBLES OF BEDROCK
  • ORE BODIES USUALLY OCCUR AS RUNS, ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR AND MUCH LONGER THAN WIDE AND WIDER THAN DEEP. NO DIMENSIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Mining district

District name Washington County Barite District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cole, Howard And Ruth
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1979

Comments on the production information

  • OLD HAND MINED AREAS ARE USED AS ORE GUIDES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QUAGRA IS RECOVERABLE GRADE BASO4
  • NO RESERVES FIGURES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 52HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .99
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MUILENBURG, GARRETT A., BARITE MINING IN MISSOURI IN KANSAS

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GUIDEBOOK, 17TH FIELD CONFERENCE, 1954

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HISTORY AND DEVELOPEMENT, UNPUBLISHED PAPER PRESENTED AT

  • Deposit

    AIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE,ST. LOUIS,MO. 1958

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, RICHARD J., STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS

  • Deposit

    AND GENESIS OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    MISSOURI

  • Deposit

    WHARTON, HEYWARD M, ET AL, "BARITE" IN MISSOURI MINERALS-

  • Deposit

    RESERVES, PRODUCTION, AND FORCASTS, MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY, SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS NUMBER 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WITH NO CURRENT PLANS FOR MINING. MINING AND MILLING METHODS ARE EVALUATOR PROPOSALS BASED ON DISTRICT WIDE PRACTICES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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