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Apex/Mineral Point

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 10172132
MAS/MILS ID 0292210046
Record type Site
Current site name Apex/Mineral Point
Alternate or previous names Mineral Point, Pfizer Lease

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.68341, 37.95006 (WGS84)
Elevation 260
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 037 N 003 E 10 N2 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.68341, 37.95006
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 1600M
    Width 800M
    Area 310HA
    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 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) 310
    Date of Last Modification 830330

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE IS 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 1955
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 M-1 Drilling Fluids Co.(Sub. Dresser Industries)
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1992

Comments on the ownership information

  • BARITE IS FOUND IN CLAY (REGOLITH) SOIL AS RESIDUAL ROCK DERIVED FROM WEATHERED POTOSI OR EMINENCE DOLOMITE. M-1 DRILLING FLUIDS ADDRESS: P O BOX 42842, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027 PHONE NO: 713-972-1310

Comments on the production information

  • BARITE CONC IS DRILLING-MUD GRADE BARITE. PD YIELD REC: RECOVERY CALCULATED EQUALS 44.8% ROUNDED TO 45%.
  • PROD REC. PD = JIG TAILINGS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE IS ON THE PFIZER PROPERTY LEASED BY IMCO. RESERVE IS TAILINGS POND - AMOUNT GIVEN BY IMCO M1C1=M9C4 M2C1=M9C5. RESERVE IS LOCATED ON APEX PROPERTY. 1992 RESERVE IS FROM AUTRIAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS WELT-BERGBAU-DATEN - BARYTES BY WEBER, L. & PLESCHIUTSCHNIG, I. SERIES A, VOL. 2. 1992 VIENNA, PP. 161- 168.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 570HA
    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 5640
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .57
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1030HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    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 5640
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .57
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 570HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    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 5640
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .57
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1030HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 2
    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 5640
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .57
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 200HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 3
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 3790
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .42
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • SEASON FROM FEBRUARY THRU NOVEMBER. MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA DISTURBED DOES NOT INCLUDE MINED LAND THAT IS RECLAIMED. MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON COUNTY BARITE

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEED GRADE FOR PROCESSED TAILINGS IS 3.65% BARITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARTIN, JAMES A. GUIDEBOOK TOUR OF FLOAT GLASS PLANT AND

  • Deposit

    SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BARITE DISTRICT. MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY 16TH ANNUAL FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MIN-

  • Deposit

    ERALS, APRIL 9, 1980, 23PP.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-1995 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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