Mine detail: Richwoods

Previously called 'Plant APlant B'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.18086, -90.78512

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Chert, Dolomite, Galena, Iron, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1945

Geology

References

MAS292210058
DEP10269718
Reference{Deposit:: SACKETT, E.L.H., BARITE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI,}{Deposit:: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, UNPUBLISHED PAPER PRESENTED AT}{Deposit:: AIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE, ST.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, RIHARD J., STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS}{Deposit:: AND GENESIS OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY,}{Deposit:: MISSOURI. PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF MICH., 1973, 259 PP.}{Deposit:: WHARTON, HEYWARD M, ET AL, MISSOURI MINERALS-RESOURCES,}{Deposit:: PRODUCTION, AND FORECASTS. MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND}{Deposit:: WATER RESOURCES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 1, 1969, PP.1-8.}{Deposit:: WHARTON, HEYWARD M. BARITE ORE POTENTIAL OF FOUR TAILINGS}{Deposit:: PONDS, WASHINGTON COUNTY BARITE DISTRICT, MISSOURI.}{Deposit:: MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES REPORT OF}{Deposit:: INVESTIGATIONS NO. 53, 1972, 91 PP.}{Deposit:: MUILENBURG, GARRETT A. BARITE MINING AND PRODUCTION IN}{Deposit:: MISSOURI. MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ROLLA, MISSOURI,}{Deposit:: 1957, 13 PP.}{Deposit:: BROBST, DANIEL A. BARIUM MINERALS, IN INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND}{Deposit:: MINERALS, PORT CITY PRESS, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 4TH ED.,}{Deposit:: 1975, 1305 PP.}{Deposit:: LEACH, DAVID L., JR. A STUDY OF THE BARITE-LEAD-ZINC}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND RELATED MINERAL IN THE}{Deposit:: OZARK REGION. PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF MISSOURI, COLUMBIA,}{Deposit:: MISSOURI, 1973, 13 PP.}
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