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American Barite Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046835
MRDS ID M242050
Record type Site
Current site name American Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52398, 37.89383 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weepah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 040E 31 E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SLOPE OF WEEPAH HILLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Harkless
    Rock description Harkless
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.52398, 37.89383
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Small, Flat Thrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain (Weepah, West Divide) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MODERATELY EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND SMALL OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • ESTIMATED 1000+ TONS PRODUCED 1907-1919

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78, P.60.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, R.C., 1963, NBMG, REPORT 4., P. 9

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, ET. AL, 1936, USGS BULL. 871, P.150

  • Production

    HORTON, 1963, P.9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE REPLACEMENT VEINS AND FISSURE VEINS IN LIMESTONE. BARITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE PYRITE AND GALENA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BARITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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