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Spanish Barite Deposit

Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031969
MRDS ID M011920
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Barite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.7856, 39.39632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 011E 19,30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.7856, 39.39632
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Spanish Mining Co. And San Francisco Commercial Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME BARITE HAULED IN 1939; LATE IN 1940 THE COMPANY WAS ENGAGED IN FILLING AN ORDER FOR 1500 TONS. SMALL TONNAGE CRUDE BARITE MINED IN 1957; SMALL AMT. SOLD BUT MOST OF THIS WAS STOCKPILED. ACTIVE THROUGH 1961- TOTAL PROD. 10,000 TO 100,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT; RAISE 480 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 378-9,464

  • Deposit

    REPT. OF ST. MINERALOGIST XXVI, PP.94-95

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 66; ADD. REF.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1957, V. 3, P. 229-230; DOM MIN. INF. SVCE V. 16, NO. 10, 1963, P. 4 (THIS REFERENCE INCLUDES SEC. 30 IN THE LOCATION); SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COLOR OF THE FRESHLY BROKEN ROCK IS WHITE TO CREAMY WHITE AND QUALITY APPEARS TO BE GOOD EXCEPT THAT JOINTS AND BEDDING PLANES ARE COATED WITH BRIGHT RED LAYERS OF IRON OXIDE. THE CROSSCUT, 280 FT. VERTICALLY BELOW THE OUTCROP FAILED TO SHOW ORE BUT THE RAISE SHOWED BARITE THE ENTIRE DISTANCE, 15 FT. THICK IN PLACES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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