Mine detail: Drieslar Barite Deposit

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Location: Hessen, Germany, Europe
Lat / long: 51.14879, 8.68558
dep_id: 10279922
mas_id: 4280300005
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Ankerite, Barite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Dolomite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Hite, Alan G.
Year first produced: 1870
References:
  • 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.
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