| Deposit ID | 10044739 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232316 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Barth Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | West Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.27036, 40.57852 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 051E | 07 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Result | SEE VANDERBURG (1938) PAGE 62 |
|---|
| Model code | 158 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25i |
| Deposit model name | Volcanic-hosted magnetite |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Frenchie Creek Volcanics |
| Rock description | Frenchie Creek Volcanics |
| (1) | -116.27036, 40.57852 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR, STRATABOUND |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 45.72M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| District name | Safford District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1961-1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 63% Fe | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232316 |
ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GELOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64
USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 169, REF. NO 3201100011, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 34.020
EMMON, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA,LANDER & ELKO COS, UGSG BULL 408
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOLL, P 93
VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., USBM 1C 7022
ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., 1967
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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