Mine detail: Seven Heart Gap Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

31.25517, -104.488

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Calcite
Discovery year:	1930

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Castile Formation (Within 33 Ft [10 M] Of Base)
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	High-Angle, North-Northwest-Trending Faults And Solution Collapse Features Complicate The Regional Structure.
Alteration processes:	Replacement Of Anhydrite By Barite

References

MRDS	W701393
DEP	10085757
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.}{Deposit:: UNIV TEX PUB 4301, P. 106-108.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.