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Mccauley-Widel

Producer in Cooper county in Missouri, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
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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. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10244425
MAS/MILS ID 0290530005
Record type Site
Current site name Mccauley-Widel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -92.95849, 38.99444 (WGS84)
Elevation 214
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cooper(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Grove North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackwater(hydrologic unit)

Lower Missouri-Blackwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Missouri(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Cooper

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 049 N 019 E 24 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Clay Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -92.95849, 38.99444
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.5M
    Length 366M
    Width 61M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800616
  • Strike N45E
    Dip 04N
    Thickness 9M
    Length 98M
    Width 12M
    Depth to top 4M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45E:04N
    Minimum Depth to Top 3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Date of Last Modification 800616
  • Area 800HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 800
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1834
Year of first production 1836

Mining district

District name Central Missouri

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Louis Mccauley And Raymond Widel
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1979

Comments on the production information

  • LEAD OUTPUT (PRODUCT B) IS IN THE FORM OF UNPROCESSED GALENA

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 30000mt ore
    Indicated 102000mt ore
    Demonstrated 132000mt ore
    Total resources 132000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 10 wt-pct Barium Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 30000mt ore
    Indicated 60000mt ore
    Demonstrated 90000mt ore
    Inferred 90000mt ore
    Total resources 180000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 19 wt-pct Barium Major 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 800HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .99
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 4
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 350
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1979

Comments on other economic factors

  • BARITE IS CURRENTLY PRODUCED FROM A RESIDUAL DEPOSIT, WHEN BEDROCK IS REACHED BOTH BARITE AND LEAD (GALENA) WILL BE PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRANCISCO, GERMAN, GEOLOGY AND THE BARITE POTENTIAL OF THE

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND WIDEL AREA, COOPER COUNTY, MISSOURI, MS THESIS,

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA, 1977

  • Deposit

    LEACH, DAVID J., A STUDY OF THE BARITE-LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL MISSOURI AND RELATED MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE OZARK

  • Deposit

    REGION, PHD THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA, 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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