Occurrence

Past Producer in Bremer county in Iowa, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081990
MRDS ID W044476
Record type Site
Current site name Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.49962, 42.76861 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bremer(county)

Iowa(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bremer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waverly(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waterloo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cedar(hydrologic unit)

Iowa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Iowa Bremer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cedar Valley Formation
    Rock description Cedar Valley Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.49962, 42.76861

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE IS IN THE CEDAR VALLEY FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F1 < NORTON, W. H., 1901, GEOLOGY OF BREMER COUNTY, IOWA: IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT, 1900, V. 11, P,. 319-404

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEN<BARITE NOTED IN OLD QUARRIES. CADASTRAL LOCATION: SEC. 21, T. 92 N., R. 14 W. ; INFO.SRC : COBB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 Miller, M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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