Mine detail: Sun Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.06646, -90.68481

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1946

Geology

References

MAS	292210017
DEP	10245227
Reference	{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.}{Reserve-Resource:: WHARTON, H. M. BARITE ORE POTENTIAL OF 4 TAILINGS PONDS,}{Reserve-Resource:: WASHINGTON COUNTY BARITE DISTRICT, MISSOURI. MISSOURI}{Reserve-Resource:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES REPT. INV. NO. 53,}{Reserve-Resource:: 1972, 99 PP.}
Reporter	Hite, Alan G.