Jans Barite Deposit

Prospect in Franklin 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10195012
MAS/MILS ID 0290710023
Record type Site
Current site name Jans Barite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.00011, 38.28335 (WGS84)
Elevation 240
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sullivan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meramec(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 Franklin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 041 N 001 W 23 SENW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.00011, 38.28335

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 07N
    Thickness 4M
    Length 215M
    Width 122M
    Depth to top 15M
    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 BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45E:07N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800711
  • Area 100HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington County Barite District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WITH NO MINING INTEREST

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QAGRA IS ORE GRADE IN PLACE
  • NO RESERVES FIGURES PUBLISHED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 100M
    Overall depth 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BREAST STOPING 10-30
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 8
    Slope of Inclines 5
    Number of Inclines 2
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 5
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    2nd Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Capacity 90
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, A. O., SUMMARY OF WAR MINERALS EXAMINATION A.O.W.-80

  • Deposit

    ON THE JANS BARITE MINE, 1944

  • Deposit

    LIDDELL, C. A., MISSOURI BARITE DEPOSITS, U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES OFFICE MEMORANDUM, 1945.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit P,S,T,U, AND Y SETS ARE EVALUATOR PROPOSALS BASED ON DISTRICT PRACTICE NOT ECONOMICAL FOR DEVELOPMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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