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Barcelona Mine

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Iron, Tungsten, Antimony, Mercury, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037024
MRDS ID M030040
Record type Site
Current site name Barcelona Mine
Alternate or previous names Spanish Belt Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2028
Related records 10198537

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88424, 38.6166 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 0.47 MILES SOUTH OF BARCELONA SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 045E 07 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-E
    Dip 30-50 SE
    Length 152.4M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At The Limestone-Granite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN FISSURE VEINS CONSISTING OF BANDED QUARTZ WITH LENSES 1-20 FT WIDE AND 50-500 FT LONG. MOLYBDENITE IS DISSEMINATED LOCALLY IN QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Mexicans

Mining district

District name Barcelona District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Master
    Home office President And Gen. Manager, P.O. Box 127, Manhattan, Nv. 89022
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom Nicely Tonopah, Nv.; Bml Mining Co. ; Bml Mining
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,500 FT BARCELONA ADIT. DEEP TRENCHING

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS ACTIVE UNDERGROUND SILVER MINE IN 1980 EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS. CONSOLIDATED SPANISH BELT SILVER MINING CO INCORPORATED IN 1916.10CLAIMS (2 PATENTED) OVER 175 ACRES.. STILL ACTIVE IN 1981-1983, BUT INACTIVE IN 1984 AND 1985 WHEN EXAMINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS REPORT, 1964 ; WATER AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    ERVINE W.B., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OFTHE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE CO.,NV : STANFORD UNIV. PHD THESIS, P.118.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980.

  • Deposit

    ERTEC, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY, SEVEN ADDITIONAL VALLEYS, NEVADA-UTAH, MX SITING AREA, VOL.I, P.66.

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.H.,1922, MINES HANDBOOK,VOL.XV.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARCELONA VEIN. AREA BETWEEN BARCELONA AND SAN PEDRO HAS BEEN DOZED IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO UNCOVER PARALLEL VEINS. THE LARGE -ADIT IS CURRENTLY EMITTING 20-30 GALLONS/MINUTE OF WATER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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