Major Mines Projects | Fireside Mine
Barite is present in a number of zones, known as the Bear, Moose, Beaver and Wolf zones. Formerly the largest, before it was mined, is the Moose zone where a system of barite veins occur within a northstriking, steeply dipping, anastomosing fault zon. Barite pinches and swells along the structure and rarely exceeds metres in width.