Mine detail: Baringer Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

30.77799, -98.43311

Resource(B)

Primary:	REE, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium, Beryllium
Secondary:	Lead, Uranium, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Lithium, Rubidium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Allanite, Chalcopyrite, Fergusonite, Gadolinite, Molybdenite, Polycrase, Sphalerite, Yttrialite
Gangue:	Albite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Granite
Alteration processes:	Band Of Alteration 5 To 6 Ft Wide In Granite Around Pegmatite Forming A Graphic Granite.

References

MRDS	TC40191
DEP	10099520
Reference	{Deposit:: PAIGE, S., 1912, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, LLANO-BURNES FOLIO, TEXAS: USGS FOLIO 183, 16 P.}{Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1907, MINERALS OF THE RARE-EARTH METALS AT BARRINGER HILL, LLANO CO., TEXAS: USGS B340, P. 286-294.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.