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Drieslar Barite Deposit

Producer in Hessen, Germany with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  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 10279922
MAS/MILS ID 4280300005
Record type Site
Current site name Drieslar Barite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 8.68558, 51.14879 (WGS84)
Elevation 300

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hessen(province)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Germany Hessen

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 8.68558, 51.14879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 50N
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 400M
    Width 540M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N45E:50N
    Date of Last Modification 850905
  • Strike N00E
    Dip 50E
    Thickness 3M
    Length 300M
    Width 540M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N00E:50E
    Date of Last Modification 850905
  • Area 3HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1870

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sachtleben Bergbau Gmbh, Lennestdat-Meggan, W. Germany
    Interest 100
    Home office Germany Fr
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 80000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Barium-Barite Barium 80000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 79000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Barium-Barite Barium 79000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1969
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 78000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 78000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1970
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 77000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 77000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1971
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 77000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 77000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1972
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 77000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 77000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1973
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 80000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 80000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1974
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 80000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 80000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 80000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 80000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1976
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 80000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 80000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1977
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 80000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 80000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 77000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 77000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 81000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 81000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 90000 Mtpy Otr Minrf
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 90000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 88000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 88000mt 94wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Description Average Ore Grade - 94% Baso4 88000 Mtpy Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 88000mt 94wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TONNAGE BOUND FOR EXPORT GOES BY RAIL TO HANAU NEAR FRANKFURT, BY RIVER TO THE RHINE, AND DOWN THE RHINE TO ROTTERDAM. CUSTOMERS ARE MOSTLY LOCATED IN W. EUROPE, PARTICULARLY FRANCE. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE DREISLAR, WEST GERMANY FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUN 9, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO. J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES. ESTIMATED DISTRUBED AREA IS 3 HA (2-HA TAILINGS POND) 1-HA MINE AND MILL SITES. ORE DILUTED BY 15% WASTE ROCK. DREISLAR DEPOSIT LIES ON THE ALTENBREN-KELLERWALD NW-SE FRACTURE ZONE. OREBODY CONSISTS OF SILICIFIED BARITE. VEINS OF FRACTURE FILLING TYPE IN SHALES AND GREYWACKES (MISS. AGE). THERE ARE 2 VEINS DESCRIBED IN GEO RECS. 1 AND 2. VEINS INTERSECT. DREISLAR BARITE FIRST MINED IN 1870. AFTER INTERRUPTION IN 1919 AND 1925, MINING BEGAN IN 1957 AND HAS BEEN A CONTINOUS OPERATION SINCE THEN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M9C4=M1C1; MEASURED RESERVES = 90% PROB. CAT; MEAS. + INDICATED RESERVES = 75% PROB. CAT, MEAS. + IND. + INFERRED RES. = 50% PROB. CAT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Percent Waste Rock 32.8
    Percent Recovery 75
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Length of Inclines (m) 436
    Slope of Inclines 44
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 338
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 22.65
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 251
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • TONNAGE BOUND FOR EXPORT GOES BY RAIL TO HANAU NEAR FRANKFURT, BY RIVER TO THE RHINE, AND DOWN THE RHINE TO ROTTERDAM. CUSTOMERS ARE MOSTLY LOCATED IN W. EUROPE, PARTICULARLY FRANCE. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE DREISLAR, WEST GERMANY FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUN 9, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO. J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES. ESTIMATED DISTRUBED AREA IS 3 HA (2-HA TAILINGS POND) 1-HA MINE AND MILL SITES.

Comments on other economic factors

  • TONNAGE BOUND FOR EXPORT GOES BY RAIL TO HANAU NEAR FRANKFURT, BY RIVER TO THE RHINE, AND DOWN THE RHINE TO ROTTERDAM. CUSTOMERS ARE MOSTLY LOCATED IN W. EUROPE, PARTICULARLY FRANCE. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE DREISLAR, WEST GERMANY FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUN 9, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO. J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES. ESTIMATED DISTRUBED AREA IS 3 HA (2-HA TAILINGS POND) 1-HA MINE AND MILL SITES. ORE DILUTED BY 15% WASTE ROCK. DREISLAR DEPOSIT LIES ON THE ALTENBREN-KELLERWALD NW-SE FRACTURE ZONE. OREBODY CONSISTS OF SILICIFIED BARITE. VEINS OF FRACTURE FILLING TYPE IN SHALES AND GREYWACKES (MISS. AGE). THERE ARE 2 VEINS DESCRIBED IN GEO RECS. 1 AND 2. VEINS INTERSECT. DREISLAR BARITE FIRST MINED IN 1870. AFTER INTERRUPTION IN 1919 AND 1925, MINING BEGAN IN 1957 AND HAS BEEN A CONTINOUS OPERATION SINCE THEN. ALL MINE PLANT AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDED BEFORE 1967. DREISLAR CONCENTRATOR FULLY DEPRECIATED.
  • TONNAGE BOUND FOR EXPORT GOES BY RAIL TO HANAU NEAR FRANKFURT, BY RIVER TO THE RHINE, AND DOWN THE RHINE TO ROTTERDAM. CUSTOMERS ARE MOSTLY LOCATED IN W. EUROPE, PARTICULARLY FRANCE. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE DREISLAR, WEST GERMANY FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUN 9, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO. J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES. ESTIMATED DISTRUBED AREA IS 3 HA (2-HA TAILINGS POND) 1-HA MINE AND MILL SITES. ORE DILUTED BY 15% WASTE ROCK. DREISLAR DEPOSIT LIES ON THE ALTENBREN-KELLERWALD NW-SE FRACTURE ZONE. OREBODY CONSISTS OF SILICIFIED BARITE. VEINS OF FRACTURE FILLING TYPE IN SHALES AND GREYWACKES (MISS. AGE). THERE ARE 2 VEINS DESCRIBED IN GEO RECS. 1 AND 2. VEINS INTERSECT. DREISLAR BARITE FIRST MINED IN 1870. AFTER INTERRUPTION IN 1919 AND 1925, MINING BEGAN IN 1957 AND HAS BEEN A CONTINOUS OPERATION SINCE THEN. ALL MINE PLANT AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDED BEFORE 1967. DREISLAR CONCENTRATOR FULLY DEPRECIATED.
  • A M9C4=M1C1; MEASURED RESERVES = 90% PROB. CAT; MEAS. + INDICATED RESERVES = 75% PROB. CAT, MEAS. + IND. + INFERRED RES. = 50% PROB. CAT. MINE TO MILL TRANS COST INCLUDED IN MINE OP COSTS. CHEMICAL GRADE BARITE TRUCKED FROM DREISLAR PLANT TO VARIOUS SACHTLEBEN OPERATIONS WITHIN WEST GERMANY FOR CONVERSION TO BARIUM CHEMICALS OR PIGMENTS. ESTIMATED AVERAGE DIST AND TRANS COST ARE 300KM AND $11.00/MT.
  • A M9C4=M1C1; MEASURED RESERVES = 90% PROB. CAT; MEAS. + INDICATED RESERVES = 75% PROB. CAT, MEAS. + IND. + INFERRED RES. = 50% PROB. CAT. MINE TO MILL TRANS COST INCLUDED IN MINE OP COSTS. CHEMICAL GRADE BARITE TRUCKED FROM DREISLAR PLANT TO VARIOUS SACHTLEBEN OPERATIONS WITHIN WEST GERMANY FOR CONVERSION TO BARIUM CHEMICALS OR PIGMENTS. ESTIMATED AVERAGE DIST AND TRANS COST ARE 300KM AND $11.00/MT. WASTE ROCK MIXED WITH CEMENT IS BACKFILL. MINE HAS 8 HAULAGE SUBLEVELS. FROM SHAFT 3M X 3.5M PARALLEL DRIFTS ARE DEVELOPED AT 36.M INTERVALS. UNDERGROUND HAULAGE DIST. (AV) = 180 M. TWO DECLINES - 436 M LONG FOR ORE HAULAGE, 12 SQ-M, 44 DEGRE 1,900 M LONG FOR HEAVY EQPT, 14 SQ M, 8 DEGREES VEIN IS GREATER THAN 1 METER THICK.
  • TONNAGE BOUND FOR EXPORT GOES BY RAIL TO HANAU NEAR FRANKFURT, BY RIVER TO THE RHINE, AND DOWN THE RHINE TO ROTTERDAM. CUSTOMERS ARE MOSTLY LOCATED IN W. EUROPE, PARTICULARLY FRANCE. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE DREISLAR, WEST GERMANY FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUN 9, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO. J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES. ESTIMATED DISTRUBED AREA IS 3 HA (2-HA TAILINGS POND) 1-HA MINE AND MILL SITES. ORE DILUTED BY 15% WASTE ROCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    HOFMAN, R & H. SCHWRNBERY. MINEROLOGY OF THE HYDROTHERMAL

  • Geology

    BARITES IN GERMANY, MONOGRAPH SERIES OF MINERAL

  • Geology

    DEPOSITS NO. 17, 1979.

  • Geology

    PILGER, A., ET AL., DIEBARYTGRANGE DER GMBE DREISLAR

  • Geology

    IN OSTLICHEN SEWERLAND, ERZMETAL, VOL. 18, 1965, PP 327-84

  • Workings

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. WORLD BARYTE PRODUCERS - A REVIEW

  • Workings

    JUL 1978, P. 43.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TONNAGE BOUND FOR EXPORT GOES BY RAIL TO HANAU NEAR FRANKFURT, BY RIVER TO THE RHINE, AND DOWN THE RHINE TO ROTTERDAM. CUSTOMERS ARE MOSTLY LOCATED IN W. EUROPE, PARTICULARLY FRANCE. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE DREISLAR, WEST GERMANY FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUN 9, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO. J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES. ESTIMATED DISTRUBED AREA IS 3 HA (2-HA TAILINGS POND) 1-HA MINE AND MILL SITES. ORE DILUTED BY 15% WASTE ROCK. DREISLAR DEPOSIT LIES ON THE ALTENBREN-KELLERWALD NW-SE FRACTURE ZONE. OREBODY CONSISTS OF SILICIFIED BARITE. VEINS OF FRACTURE FILLING TYPE IN SHALES AND GREYWACKES (MISS. AGE). THERE ARE 2 VEINS DESCRIBED IN GEO RECS. 1 AND 2. VEINS INTERSECT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-SEP-1985 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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