| Deposit ID | 10269718 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0292210058 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Richwoods |
| Alternate or previous names | Plant A, Plant B |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -90.78512, 38.18086 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 225 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
Missouri(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Richwoods(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Festus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Saint Louis(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Missouri | Washington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Principal | 040 N | 002 E | 26 | NE | Missouri |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcedony | Unknown |
| Chert | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Iron | Unknown |
| Marcasite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -90.78512, 38.18086 |
|---|
| Thickness | 2.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 5200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 6100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 2429HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Mining method | Open Pit |
| Year of first production | 1945 |
| Milling method | Jig |
| District name | Washington County Barite District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Desoto Mining Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Missouri |
| Year | 1982 |
| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Barite Ore (Chemical Grade) 368330 Mtons | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Barite Ore (Chemical Grade) 355190 Mtons | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 2429HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0292210058 |
SACKETT, E.L.H., BARITE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI,
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, UNPUBLISHED PAPER PRESENTED AT
AIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE, ST. LOUIS, MO. 1958
WAGNER, RIHARD J., STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS
AND GENESIS OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY,
MISSOURI. PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF MICH., 1973, 259 PP.
WHARTON, HEYWARD M, ET AL, MISSOURI MINERALS-RESOURCES,
PRODUCTION, AND FORECASTS. MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND
WATER RESOURCES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 1, 1969, PP.1-8.
WHARTON, HEYWARD M. BARITE ORE POTENTIAL OF FOUR TAILINGS
PONDS, WASHINGTON COUNTY BARITE DISTRICT, MISSOURI.
MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES REPORT OF
INVESTIGATIONS NO. 53, 1972, 91 PP.
MUILENBURG, GARRETT A. BARITE MINING AND PRODUCTION IN
MISSOURI. MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ROLLA, MISSOURI,
1957, 13 PP.
BROBST, DANIEL A. BARIUM MINERALS, IN INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND
MINERALS, PORT CITY PRESS, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 4TH ED.,
1975, 1305 PP.
LEACH, DAVID L., JR. A STUDY OF THE BARITE-LEAD-ZINC
DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND RELATED MINERAL IN THE
OZARK REGION. PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF MISSOURI, COLUMBIA,
MISSOURI, 1973, 13 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DESOTO COMPANY DATA. SOURCE USED FOR EVALUATION IS HAGNI, RICHARD, ET AL, COLLECTION, AND EVALUATION, AND CLASSIFICATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES INFORMATION ON BARITE, LEAD, AND ZINC IN MISSOURI FOR THE BUREAU OF MINES AUTOMATED MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, FINAL REPORT, GRANT AGREEMENT GO 26- 4016 SEPT. 1987 UPDATE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE RELATED TO THE SEPT. 1987 DEPOSIT DATA UPDATE MADE BY IFOC: THE MINE AND THE WASH PLANT WERE REOPENED AT THE END OF 1984. FOR PRODUCTION INFORMATION SEE HISTORY DATA SET. THE MATRIX 1 RESOURCES HAVE DECREASED ONLY BY 723,520 MTONS. SEE MATRIX 3, WHICH GIVES THE UPDATED MATRIX 1 TONNAGE. MATRIX 2 IN THE 1983 MAS EVALUATION REMAINS UNCHANGED. INFORMATION FOR THIS UPDATE COME FROM DESOTO MINING CO. THE INFORMATION WAS SUPPLIED TO THE EVALUATOR SEPT., 1987. THE MINING AND WASHING OPERATION ARE CURRENTLY BEING RUN BY AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR ON BEHALF OF DESOTO MINING CO. ORE BODY DIMENSIONS ARE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ENTIRE RICHWOODS PROPERTY SINCE THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE ORE BODY. ORE BODIES USUALLY OCCUR AS RUNS, ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR. |
| Deposit | YEAR OF DISCOVERY IS ESTIMATED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 09-FEB-95 | Frandsen | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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