| Deposit ID | 10044816 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232422 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain Springs |
| Alternate or previous names | Mound Springs, Fmc |
| Related records | 10271105 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.0415, 40.31518 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Redrock Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 044E | 08,09 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert | ||||
| Rock unit name | Slaven Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Slaven Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.0415, 40.31518 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn. Thrust |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Barite Has Been Cut Both By Thrust Faults During The Antler Orogeny, And By Mumerous High Angle Basin-Range Faults Of Tertiary Age. The Ore Body Is Within A Single Large Fault Block Suggesting Structural Controls Of Barite Deposition. Both Host Rock And Barite Beds Are Intensely Folded On A Small Scale. (Valcarce 1978). |
| General form | BEDDED, STRATIFORM |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Year of first production | 1952 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. M. C. Corp. (Present |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232422 |
STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO, N.B.M. BULL 88
USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 72, REFERENCE NO. 3201500072
VALCARCE J.S. (1978) MOUNTAIN SPRINGS BARITE MINE IN GUIDEBOOK TO GREAT BASIN MINERAL DEPOSITS, N.B.M. REPT 32
STAGER, H.K., (1977)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MASSIVE BARITE IN THICK BEDS INTERBEDDED WITH CHERT. THE OREBODY STRIKES NORTHWEST AND DIPS STEEPLY SOUTHWEST. |
| Deposit | PRODUCTION FROM THE DEPOSIT BEGAN IN 1952. THE MINE OWNED BY THE FMC CORP PRODUCES 30,000 TO 40,000 TONS PER YEAR FROM SEVERAL LARGE OPEN PITS. MINING DEPTH IS LIMITED BY THICKNESS OF OVER BURDEN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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