Mine detail: Barrel Springs Mine

Previously called 'Pearl Springs Barite Vein'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.23668, -105.3289

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939
Last production ended:	1939

Geology

Host rock:	Undivided Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Faults, Shears, Ne-Trending Mineralized Vein
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D009111
DEP	10013036
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.