Crystal Mine

Past Producer in St. Clair county in Missouri, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056528
MRDS ID TC00566
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mine
Alternate or previous names Harmon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.63799, 37.98283 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Clair(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vista(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bolivar(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Springfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Harry S. Truman Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Osage(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gasconade-Osage(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri St. Clair

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 37N 25W 10 SE4 OF NW4 OF NW4 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 181
USGS model code 27e
Deposit model name Disseminated Sb

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.63799, 37.98283

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN AND FRACTURE FILLING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHARTON, H.M., 1987, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND OCCURRENCES OF METALLIC MINERALS AND BARITE, SPRINGFIELD 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, MISSOURI: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1830-C, SCALE 1:250,000, 2 SHEETS.

  • Deposit

    PEUGNET, A.A., 1962, EXAMINATION OF BARITE PROSPECTS OF ALTON REALTY CO. NEAR VISTA, AVERY, AND HERMITAGE, MISSOURI: UNPUBLISHED CONSULTANT REPORT, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    WHARTON, H.M.., 1967, MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FIELD NOTEBOOK NO. 1292, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    WHARTON, H.M., 1969, MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FIELD NOTEBOOK NO. 1325, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, C.N., 1970, TRACE ELEMENTS IN MISSOURI BARITES: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, COLUMBIA, UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS, 50 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.