Editing Baryte (section)

==Mineral associations and locations==
[[File:Barite FRIZINGTON.jpg|thumb|left|Baryte (top) and dolomite from Cumbria, England]]
[[File:Abandoned baryte mine shaft at Ben Eagach near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.JPG|thumb|Abandoned baryte mine shaft near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland]]
Baryte occurs in many depositional environments, and is deposited through many processes including biogenic, hydrothermal, and evaporative ones, among others.<ref name="RiM-2000"/> Baryte commonly occurs in [[Lead zirconate titanate|lead-zinc]] veins in [[limestone]]s, in hot spring deposits, and with [[hematite]] ore. It is often associated with the minerals [[anglesite]] and [[celestine (mineral)|celestine]]. It has also been identified in meteorites.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mineralogy of meteorite groups |last=Rubin |first=Alan E. |journal=Meteoritics & Planetary Science |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=231–247 |date=March 1997 |bibcode=1997M&PS...32..231R |doi=10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01262.x|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Baryte has been found at locations in Australia, Brazil, Nigeria, Canada, Chile, China, India, Pakistan, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iran, Ireland (where it was mined on [[Benbulben]]<ref>[http://www.mhti.com/mines_in_ireland_files/benbulben.htm Ben Bulben]. Mhti.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-05.</ref>), Liberia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Romania ([[Baia Sprie]]), Turkey, South Africa ([[Barberton, Mpumalanga|Barberton Mountain Land]]),<ref name="Hanor">{{cite journal |last1= Duchač |first1= K. C |last2= Hanor |first2= J. S. |date=September 1987 |title= Origin and timing of the metasomatic silicification of an early Archaean komatiite sequence, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa |journal= Precambrian Research |volume= 37 |issue=2 |pages= 125–146 |doi=10.1016/0301-9268(87)90075-1|bibcode= 1987PreR...37..125D}}</ref> Thailand, the United Kingdom ([[Cornwall]], [[Cumbria]], [[Dartmoor]]/[[Devon]], [[Derbyshire]], [[Durham, England|Durham]], [[Shropshire]],<ref>[http://www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Muirshiel-Barytes-Mine.pdf Muirshiel Mine]. [[Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park]]. Scotland.</ref> [[Perthshire]], [[Argyllshire]], and [[Surrey]]<ref name="Dana"/>), and the US ([[Cheshire, Connecticut]], [[De Kalb, New York]], and Fort Wallace, New Mexico). It is mined in Arkansas, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Nevada, and Missouri.<ref name="Dana"/>

The global production of baryte in 2019 was estimated to be around 9.5&nbsp;million metric tons, down from 9.8&nbsp;million metric tons in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Production of barite worldwide 2019|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/799487/global-barite-production/|access-date=2020-08-30|website=Statista}}</ref> The major baryte producers (in thousand tonnes, data for 2017) are as follows: China (3,600), India (1,600), Morocco (1,000), Mexico (400), United States (330), Iran (280), Turkey (250), Russia (210), Kazakhstan (160), Thailand (130), and Laos (120).<ref name="barytes.org">{{Cite web |url=http://barytes.org/statistics.html |title=The Barytes Association, Barytes Statistics |access-date=2015-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518113437/http://barytes.org/statistics.html |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The main users of baryte in 2017 were (in million tonnes) US (2.35), China (1.60), Middle East (1.55), the [[European Union]] and Norway (0.60), Russia and [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] (0.5), South America (0.35), Africa (0.25), and Canada (0.20). 70% of baryte was destined for oil and gas well drilling muds, 15% for barium chemicals, 14% for filler applications in automotive, construction, and paint industries, and 1% other applications.<ref name="barytes.org"/>

Natural baryte formed under [[Hydrothermal mineral deposit|hydrothermal conditions]] may be associated with [[quartz]] or [[silica]].<ref name="Fedele_2003">{{cite journal|last1=Fedele|first1=L.|last2=Todesca|first2=R.|last3=Boni|first3=M.|title=Barite-silica mineralization at the inter-Ordovician unconformity in southwestern Sardinia (Italy): a fluid inclusion study|journal=Mineralogy and Petrology|volume=77|issue=3–4|year=2003|pages=197–213|doi=10.1007/s00710-002-0200-9|bibcode=2003MinPe..77..197F|s2cid=129874363}}</ref> In [[hydrothermal vent]]s, the baryte-silica mineralisation can also be accompanied by precious metals.<ref name="Binns_1997">{{cite journal|last1=Binns|first1=R.A.|last2=Parr|first2=J.M.|last3=Gemmell|first3=J.B.|last4=Whitford|first4=D.J.|last5=Dean|first5=J.A.|title=Precious metals in barite-silica chimneys from Franklin Seamount, Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea|journal=Marine Geology|volume=142|issue=1–4|year=1997|pages=119–141|doi=10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00047-9|bibcode=1997MGeol.142..119B}}</ref>

Information about the mineral resource base of baryte ores is presented in some scientific articles.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Boyarko |first1=G. Yu.  |last2=Bolsunovskaya |first2=L. M.  |date=2023-11-13 |title=World's barite resources as critical raw material |url=https://mst.misis.ru/jour/article/view/572 |journal=Gornye Nauki I Tekhnologii = Mining Science and Technology (Russia) |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=264–277 |doi=10.17073/2500-0632-2023-02-85 |issn=2500-0632|doi-access=free }}</ref>