A Mineralogical-Geochemical Model for the Genesis of Vein Barite Ore

Barite (Barium)

“…Examples of vein barite deposits are found in the Culpeper, Hartford-Deerfield, and Newark basins in the Eastern United States (Robinson and Woodruff, 1988), the North Pennine and South Pennine orefields of England (Ixner and Vaughan, 1993), and the Greater Caucasus in the Republic of Georgia (particularly the Chordi deposit) (Tvalchrelidze and Shcheglov, 1990). Some vein barite deposits are located in districts that are better known for their lead-zinc sulfide deposits (Mississippi Valley-type), as in the Pennine orefields.…”