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Sun Mine

Producer in Washington 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245227
MAS/MILS ID 0292210017
Record type Site
Current site name Sun Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.68481, 38.06646 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
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 34 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.68481, 38.06646
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 2000M
    Width 2000M
    Area 350HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 350
    Date of Last Modification 830301

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE FOUND IN CLAY (REGOLITH) SOIL AS RESIDUAL ROCK DERIVED FROM WEATHERED POTOSI OR EMINENCE DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1866
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1946
Milling method Jig

Mining district

District name Washington County Barite District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner General Barite Co., 402 S. 2nd St, Desoto, Mo. 63020
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • MINE CLOSED IN 1973. COLLECTION AND EVALUATION ON BARITE, LEAD, AND ZINC IN MISSOURI FOR THE BUREAU OF MINES AUTOMATED MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM. USBM GRANT AGREEMENT GO26-4016, SEP. 8, 1979, 28 PP.
  • BARITE CONCENTRATE IS CHEMICAL-GRADE BARITE USED AS A PAINT FILLER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4. RESERVE IS ESTIMATED TONNAGE AND GRADE IN TAILINGS POND. RESERVE IS GIVEN BY COMPANY WITH 4% RECOVERABLE BARITE (6% TOTAL BARITE ESTIMATED BY EVALUATOR) 1992 RESERVE GIVEN IN WELT BERGBAU DATEN - BARYTES. BY WEBER, L. & PLESCHIUTSCHNIG, I. SERIES B, VOL 2. VIENNA, AUSTRIA. PREPARED FOR THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS IN COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE & THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE WORLD MINING CONGRESSES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 350HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 2500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .95
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 220
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING SEASON USUALLY FROM FEB THRU NOV. FREEZING TEMPERATURES DURING DEC & JAN MAY FORCE WASHING PLANT TO SHUT DOWN. E-REC MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA DISTURBED DOES NOT INCLUDE MINED LAND THAT IS RECLAIMED. MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON COUNTY BARITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WHARTON, H. M. BARITE ORE POTENTIAL OF 4 TAILINGS PONDS,

  • Reserve-Resource

    WASHINGTON COUNTY BARITE DISTRICT, MISSOURI. MISSOURI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES REPT. INV. NO. 53,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1972, 99 PP.

  • Deposit

    WHARTON, H.M. BARITE (CHAPTER 1), IN MISSOURI MINERALS -

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES, PRODUCTION, AND FORECASTS. MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES, SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 1,

  • Deposit

    1969, PP 1-8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENGTH AND WIDTH OF OREBODY BASED ON TOTAL LENGTH AND WIDTH OF MINERALIZED ZONE ON PROPERTY, AND NOT INDIVIDUAL MINABLE ORE ZONES. ORE BODY OCCURS AS A BLANKET DEPOSIT, ROUGWAY RECTANGULAR ON PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-96 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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