Barth Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044739
MRDS ID M232316
Record type Site
Current site name Barth Mine
Alternate or previous names West Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.27036, 40.57852 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scotts Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 051E 07 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON ORE CUT BY SMALL VEINLETS OF APATITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SEE VANDERBURG (1938) PAGE 62

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 158
USGS model code 25i
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted magnetite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Frenchie Creek Volcanics
    Rock description Frenchie Creek Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.27036, 40.57852

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, STRATABOUND
    Thickness 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Andesite Flows

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE IS A HEMATITE & MAGNETITE REPLACEMENT OF ANDESITE. THE DEPOSIT IS 60 TO 150 FEET THICK, DIPPING 40 DEG TO THE NORTH AND EAST. QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUDES SIMILAR ROCK ABOUT 1,800 FEET WEST OF THE BARTH PIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1869

Mining district

District name Safford District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1961-1963
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 63% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 63wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • RED HEMATITIC ORE WAS ORIGINALLY SHIPPED TO SALT LAKE FOR USE AS A FLUX.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GELOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 169, REF. NO 3201100011, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 34.020

  • Deposit

    EMMON, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA,LANDER & ELKO COS, UGSG BULL 408

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOLL, P 93

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., USBM 1C 7022

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEMATITE & MAGNETITE REPLACEMENT OF AND DESITE
Deposit DEVELOPED BY AN OPEN PIT IN RED HEMATITIC ORE, WHICH WAS ORGINALLY SHIPPED TO SALT LAKE TO BE USED AS FLUX. FROM 1961 TO 1963 400,000 LONG TONS AVERAGING 63% FE WAS PRODUCED. THE PROPERTY WHICH LIES AT THE JUNCTION OF SAFFORD AND PALISADE CANYONS, AND IS OWNED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. WAS LOCATED PRIOR TO 1869. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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