. [Reports]. These veins consist of barite andgalena, the latter occurring in small cubes embedded in the has been carried on by sinking shafts 15 to 20 feet apartand connecting them by drifting along the vein. The two veinslie parallel and about 60 feet apart. They have a strike approxi-mately N. 70° W. and have been mined for a distance of about 300feet. No. 27. This is known as the H. Walton diggings. The surface ofthis area is covered with residual clay practically free from frag-ments of rock. Underneath this lies a bed of red clay in which areembedded masses of barite and f
. [Reports]. These veins consist of barite andgalena, the latter occurring in small cubes embedded in the has been carried on by sinking shafts 15 to 20 feet apartand connecting them by drifting along the vein. The two veinslie parallel and about 60 feet apart. They have a strike approxi-mately N. 70° W. and have been mined for a distance of about 300feet. No. 27. This is known as the H. Walton diggings. The surface ofthis area is covered with residual clay practically free from frag-ments of rock. Underneath this lies a bed of red clay in which areembedded masses of barite and fragments of drusy quartz, chertand hematite. The barite is almost universally associated with thedrusy quartz over which the hematite forms a thin coating. Inone shaft the barite occurs directly upon fragments of the northeastern part of the area, the barite has a pure whitecolor, while in other portions it is tinged with red. Missouri Bureau op Geology and Mines. Vol. IX., Series 2, Plate Point Mining and Milling Cos. Barite plant at Mineral Point, showing stock piles of barite. BARITE. 245 No. 28. In this locality the barite occurs in a yellow, sandy clay asso-ciated with small fragments of chert. The barite occurs in smalllumps and on the whole, is free from associated rocks or is a small amount of hematite coating the fragments ofbarite. The shafts are from 4 to 7 feet in depth. No. 29. In this locality the barite occurs in a manner similar to thatat No. 28. The shafts are along a creek and the barite occurs inresidual red clay at a depth of from 4 to 8 feet. There is a verysmall quantity of chert associated with the barite in this clay. No. 30. The diggings at this place are owned by the Mineral PointMining Co. Barite occurs in a coarse, red clay and is associatedwith drusy quartz and chert fragments. It occurs at a depth offrom 3 to 5 feet. The barite horizon is overlain with residual claywhich is practically free from rock fragments. T
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