Mine detail: Apex/Mineral Point

Previously called 'Mineral PointPfizer Lease'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.95006, -90.68341

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Other material: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1866

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1955

Geology

References

MAS292210046
DEP10172132
Reference{Deposit:: MARTIN, JAMES A. GUIDEBOOK TOUR OF FLOAT GLASS PLANT AND}{Deposit:: SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BARITE DISTRICT. MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL}{Deposit:: SURVEY 16TH ANNUAL FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MIN-}{Deposit:: ERALS, APRIL 9, 1980, 23PP.}{Deposit:: WHARTON, H. M. BARITE (CHAPTER 1), IN MISSOURI MINERALS -}{Deposit:: RESOURCES, PRODUCTION, AND FORECASTS. MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL}{Deposit:: SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES, SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO.1,}{Deposit:: 1969, PP 1-8.}
ReporterHite, Alan G.