Mineral Notes: Barite | Snowden Group | Mining and ...
Bedded barite deposits are more extensive, have more consistent grades and these can be exploited by largescale open pit ''hardrock'' mining methods such as at the Mangampet mine in India, where the barite bed ranges from about 4 to 40 metres thickness. The Mangampet barite mine in eastern India. Barite crudes from Mangampet.