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Ann

Past Producer in Nye 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 10222512
MAS/MILS ID 0320230718
Record type Site
Current site name Ann
Alternate or previous names Ann Barite, Ann Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.79371, 38.92743 (WGS84)
Elevation 2475
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 046 E 33 SENWNE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 65 KM SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN. NO INITIAL PRODUCTION. 1993 FIELD STUDY. SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF CRUSHED BARITE ORE IS STOCKPILED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN NE 1/4 SEC. 33.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.79371, 38.92743
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 45E
    Thickness 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N40E:45E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850826
  • Area 100HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1967
Milling method Jig

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dresser Industries, Dallas, Texas
    Home office Texas
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. B. Kohlmoos, N. S. Mallory, T. Corder
    Interest 100
    Year 1983

Comments on the ownership information

  • MAGCOBAR MINERALS, A SUBSIDIARY OF DRESSER MINERALS, HAS LEASED THE PROPERTY FROM THE PRESENT OWNERS SINCE 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE 2 MILLION TONNES OF RESOURCE IS ASSUMED TO BE DEMONSTRATED, BASED ON INDICATIONS OF NEARBY MINES. DRESSER WILL NOT RELEASE SPECIFIC INFO, ONLY INDICATE IT IS A LARGE DEPOSIT.
  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .7
    Percent Waste Rock 83.3
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Percentage 25
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 75
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 9
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 692
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 130
    Unit Production Cost 14.96
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KAY, M., AND J. P. CRAWFORD. PALEOZOIC FACIES FROM THE

  • Deposit

    MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TO THE EUGEOSYNCLINAL BELT IN THRUST

  • Deposit

    SLICES, CENTRAL NEVADA. GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL., V. 75,

  • Deposit

    NO. 5, 1964, PP. 425-454.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, 223 PP.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K. BARITE DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 98, 1984, 125 PP.

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, D. R., F. G. POOLE, AND D. A. BROBST. BEDDED BARITE

  • Deposit

    IN EAST NORTHUMBERLAND CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 555, 1967, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, D. R., F. G. POOLE, AND D. A. BROBST. NEWLY

  • Deposit

    DISCOVERED BEDDED BARITE DEPOSITS IN EAST NORTHUMBERLAND

  • Deposit

    CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC.

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL., V. 64, NO. 3, 1969, PP. 245-254.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS MEDIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-OCT-94 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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