| Deposit ID | 10072138 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016310 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Barrett Springs Mine |
| Related records | 10222518 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.81764, 41.13322 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1442 |
| Relative position | IN THE KRUM HILLS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bloody Run Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 036N | 036E | 14 | NE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Result | ONE 8-IN. QUARTZ VEIN ASSAYED $30,000 IN AU, AG, PB COMBINED |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | O'Neill Formation |
| Rock description | O'Neill Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| (1) | Alluvium, undifferentiated |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Discoverer | C.E. Carpenter Discovered High-Grade Gold Ore On The Claims In 1910 |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| District name | Tenmile District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016310 |
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INF. CIRC. 6995.
WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG, BULL. 59, TABLE 9.
VANDERBURG., W.O., 1938.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONE VEINS; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS. |
| Deposit | FIRST LOCATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF BARRETT SPRINGS WERE MADE IN 1906, WITH LITTLE ACTIVITY UNTIL 1910, WHEN C.E. CARPENTER DISCOVERED HIGH-GRADE GOLD IN THE AREA. ACTIVITY HALTED IN 1911 WHEN IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MAIN CLAIMS WERE ON PATENTED RAILROAD LAND, BUT WAS RENEWED WHEN THE LAND WAS PURCHASED FROM THE RAILROAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1981 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1987 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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