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Hornsey Brothers Mine

Past 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294090
MAS/MILS ID 0292210047
Record type Site
Current site name Hornsey Brothers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.66681, 37.98336 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rolla(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 038 N 003 E 26 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) -90.66681, 37.98336
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7M
    Width 200M
    Depth to top 11M
    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
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 11
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800528
  • Area 130HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 130
    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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Year of first production 1965

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-Operator
    Owner Hornsey Brothers Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • OLD HAND MINED AREAS ARE USED AS ORE GUIDES

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 103HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .99
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 11
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 1500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1978

Comments on other economic factors

  • PRODUCTION WAS STOPPED IN 1978 WHEN TAILINGS POND DAM BROKE. NEW DAM MUST BE BUILT BEFORE PRODUCTION CAN RESUME

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 DEVELOPMENT, 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 FORECASTS, MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY, SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS NUMBER 1

Reporter information

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

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