Mine detail: Drieslar Barite Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

51.14879, 8.68558

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Other material:	Ankerite, Barite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Dolomite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1870

Geology

References

MAS	4280300005
DEP	10279922
Reference	{Geology:: HOFMAN, R & H. SCHWRNBERY. MINEROLOGY OF THE HYDROTHERMAL}{Geology:: BARITES IN GERMANY, MONOGRAPH SERIES OF MINERAL}{Geology:: DEPOSITS NO. 17, 1979.}{Geology:: PILGER, A., ET AL., DIEBARYTGRANGE DER GMBE DREISLAR}{Geology:: IN OSTLICHEN SEWERLAND, ERZMETAL, VOL. 18, 1965, PP 327-84}{Workings:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. WORLD BARYTE PRODUCERS - A REVIEW}{Workings:: JUL 1978, P. 43.}
Reporter	Hite, Alan G.