Mine detail: Big Four

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.15006, -90.77512

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Other material: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Chert, Clay, Dolomite, Galena, Quartz
Discovery year: 1963

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1965

Geology

References

MAS292210042
DEP10269489
Reference{Deposit:: MUILENBURG, GARRETT A., BARITE MINING IN MISSOURI IN KANSAS}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GUIDEBOOK, 17TH FIELD CONFERENCE, 1954}{Deposit:: SACKETT, E.L.H., BARITE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI,}{Deposit:: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, UNPUBLISHED PAPER PRESENTED AT}{Deposit:: AIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE, ST. LOUIS, MO., 1958}{Deposit:: WAGNER, RICHARD J., STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS}{Deposit:: AND GENESIS OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY,}{Deposit:: WHARTON, HEYWARD M, ET AL,*ARIT*N MISSOURI MINERALS-}{Deposit:: RESERVES, PRODUCTION, AND FORCASTS, MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL}{Deposit:: SURVEY, SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS NUMBER 1.}
ReporterHite, Alan G.