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| TABLE 2 | ||||||
| ACTIVE BARITE MINES AND GRINDING MILLS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2015 | ||||||
| State and operator (owner) | County/Parish | Mine/Mill | Foreign trade zone | |||
| Mines: | ||||||
| Georgia, New Riverside Ochre Co. | Bartow | New Riverside Ochre | ||||
| Nevada: | ||||||
| Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids (Baker Hughes Inc.) | Lander | Argenta | ||||
| Do. | do. | Slaven Canyon Mine | ||||
| Halliburton Energy Services (Halliburton Co.) | Elko | Rossi | ||||
| M-I L.L.C., operating as M-I SWACO (Schlumberger Ltd.) | Lander | Greystone | ||||
| Do. | do. | Mountain Springs Mine | ||||
| NOV Minerals LP (National Oilwell Varco Inc.) | Elko | Big Ledge | ||||
| Grinding Mills: | ||||||
| Georgia, CIMBAR Performance Minerals | Bartow | Chatsworth | ||||
| Illinois, J.M. Huber Engineered Minerals Division (J.M. Huber Corp.) | Adams | Quincy | ||||
| Indiana, CIMBAR Performance Minerals | Posey | Mt. Vernon | ||||
| Louisiana: | ||||||
| Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids (Baker Hughes Inc.) | St. Mary | Morgan City | No. 124, Gramercy, LA. | |||
| Halliburton Energy Services (Halliburton Co.) | Calcasieu | Lake Charles | No. 087, Lake Charles, LA. | |||
| Do. | Lafourche | Larose | No. 124, Gramercy, LA. | |||
| Excalibar Minerals L.L.C. (Newpark Resources, Inc.) | Iberia | New Iberia | Do. | |||
| M-I L.L.C., operating as M-I SWACO (Schlumberger Ltd.) | St. Mary | Amelia | Do. | |||
| Nevada: | ||||||
| Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids (Baker Hughes Inc.) | Lander | Barite Grinding Plant | ||||
| Halliburton Energy Services (Halliburton Co.) | Eureka | Dunphy | ||||
| M-I L.L.C., operating as M-I SWACO (Schlumberger Ltd.) | Lander | Battle Mountain | ||||
| NOV Minerals LP (National Oilwell Varco, Inc.) | Elko | Osino | ||||
| Ohio, CIMBAR Performance Minerals | Columbiana | Wellsville | ||||
| Tennessee, Excalibar Minerals L.L.C. (Newpark Resources, Inc.) | Dyer | Dyersburg | ||||
| Texas: | ||||||
| Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids (Baker Hughes Inc.) | Nueces | Corpus Christi | No. 122, Corpus Christi, TX. | |||
| Halliburton Energy Services (Halliburton Co.) | do. | do. | Do. | |||
| CIMBAR Performance Minerals | Harris | Houston | ||||
| Excalibar Minerals L.L.C. (Newpark Resources, Inc.) | do. | do. | ||||
| Do. | Nueces | Corpus Christi | Do. | |||
| M-I L.L.C., operating as M-I SWACO (Schlumberger Ltd.) | Cameron | Brownsville | ||||
| Do. | Galveston | Galveston | No. 036, Galveston, TX. | |||
| Milwhite Inc. (Control MINAR, S.A. de C.V.) | Cameron | Brownsville | ||||
| Do., do. Ditto. | ||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices