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Fish Creek Barite Deposit

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174022
MAS/MILS ID 0320070901
Record type Site
Current site name Fish Creek Barite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.10512, 40.9527 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swales Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035 N 052 E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.10512, 40.9527
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 10W
    Thickness 300M
    Length 2100M
    Width 15M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N50E:10W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830917
  • Strike N50E
    Dip 10W
    Thickness 300M
    Length 2100M
    Width 15M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 9
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N50E:10W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830917
  • Area 145HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 145
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED TO A 40M THICK SILTSTONE UNIT WITHIN THE VININI FORMATION. THE VININI IS MADE UP MOSTLY OF CHERT AND SHALE. THE VININI FORMATION IS OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY SANDSTONE, LATITE, AND TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE AND INTRUDED BY QUARTZ PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1955
Milling method Jig

Mining district

District name Swales Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maggie Creek Ranch Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Park Resources, Inc.
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1983

Comments on the ownership information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN AN AREA OF MIXED OWNERSHIP. PRIVATE RIGHTS ARE OWNED BY THE MAGGIE CREEK RANCH CO. NEWPARK RESOURCES ( METAIRIE, LA) CONTROLS THE MAGGIE CREEK RANCH LAND AND THE LOCATED CLAIMS IN THE AREA ( ON BLM LAND)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MEASURED RESOURCES 90% ARE FROM COMPANY DATA (1983) 75 AND 50% RESOURCES ARE FROM CALCULATIONS BASED ON EXTENSIONS FROM THE 90% RESOURCE. FOR DETAILS SEE APPENDIX B-2 OF REPORT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 40HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .66
    Percent Waste Rock 76.6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 60
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Secondary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Tertiary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 6
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 2094
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 21.97
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    87. CLARKE, G. (ED.). BAYRITES IN NEVADA - BACK TO

  • Deposit

    PRE-1974 LEVELS. IND. MIN. (LONDON), NO. 200, MAY 1984,

  • Deposit

    PP. 53-61.

  • Deposit

    185. EVANS, J. G., AND K. B. KETNER. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE

  • Deposit

    SWALES MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE ADOBE SUMMIT

  • Deposit

    QUADRANGLE, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    MAP I-667, 1971. SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    226. GRANGER, A. E., M. M. BELL, G. C. SIMMONS, AND F.

  • Deposit

    LEE. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 54, 1957, 190

  • Deposit

    PP.

  • Deposit

    283. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 4, 1963, 19 PP.

  • Deposit

    349. KETNER, K. B., J. G. EVANS, AND T. D. HESSIN.

  • Deposit

    GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES IN THE SWALES MOUNTAIN AREA, ELKO

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 588, 1968, 13 PP.

  • Deposit

    546. PAPKE, K. BARITE DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 98, 1984, 125 PP.

  • Deposit

    669. SMITH, R. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 76-56, 1976, 194 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 27 KM N OF CARLIN GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: LARGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-96 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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