Mine detail: Barrel Springs Mine

Previously called 'Pearl Springs Barite Vein'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.23668, -105.3289
dep_id: 10013036
mrds_id: D009111
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Veins, Shear Zones
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Undivided Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Faults, Shears, Ne-Trending Mineralized Vein
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Year first produced: 1939
yr_lst_prd: 1939
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1982, INSPECTION RECORDS
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
  • Production:: COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1982.
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