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Barth Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246405
MRDS ID W016358
MAS/MILS ID 0320110011
Record type Site
Current site name Barth Mine
Alternate or previous names West Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.27012, 40.57881 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scotts Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 051 E 07 C S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Phlogopite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.27012, 40.57881
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 45N
    Thickness 30M
    Length 305M
    Width 152M
    Area 11HA
    Depth to top 8M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N60W:45N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 8
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 11
    Date of Last Modification 830714

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Safford

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Land Co.
    ID 2600078
    Interest 100
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada Barth Corp
    ID 2600078
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 1247000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 49 wt-pct Iron Trace 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STOCKPILED LUMP ORE RESERVES. CURRENTLY BEING SHIPPED, 1981. STOCKPILED FINE ORE RESERVES. CURRENTLY BEING SHIPPED, 1981. UNRECOVERABLE PIT NORTH-WALL RESOURCE. THIS RESOURCE WAS LEFT IN-SITU AND REINFORCED WITH STEEL TO ACT AS A RIVER DIKE FOR THE HUMBOLDT RIVER AND TO MAINTAIN RAILROAD BED STABILITY. GRADE OF RESOURCE WAS GIVEN AS 60-72 PERCENT FE, 0.8 - 0.9 PERCENT P. UNRECOVERED PIT EAST WALL RESOURCE. IRON ORE IS TOO HIGH IN PHOSPHORUS AND SULFUR CONTENT FOR CURRENT RECOVERY. WASTE DUMP. LOW GRADE IRON REPORTED AS HAVING A GRADE OF 30 PERCENT MAXIMUM FE CONTENT. M6=M1+M2. COMBINED STOCKPILE/ LUMP RESERVE PLUS FINE RESERVE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .42
    Percent Waste Rock 65
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 8
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 14
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.5
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 265
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1980, IRON ORE 1979, PUB-

  • Deposit

    LISHED BY AMERICAN IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, CLEVELAND, OHIO,

  • Deposit

    115 PP.

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, GREGORY, 1981, VICE-PRESIDENT/ENGINEER NEVADA BARTH

  • Deposit

    CORPORATION. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION. PERSONAL COMMUNICA-

  • Deposit

    TION THROUGH OFFICE VISITATION. WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA, JUNE

  • Deposit

    23, 1981.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W. H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS

  • Deposit

    IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEV. U.S. GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL 408, PP. 110-113.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1974, NORTH AMERICAN IRON

  • Deposit

    ORE - PART I. V. 175. NO. 11, NOVEMBER 1974, PP. 83-162.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, ROBERT C., 1962, IRON ORE OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, MAP 5, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    JENNINGS, OLIN R., 1967, ECONOMICS OF NEVADA IRON ORES: A

  • Deposit

    MARKET STUDY. M.S. THESIS, MINING ENGINEERING, UNIV. OF

  • Deposit

    NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    JONES, J. CLAUDE, 1913, THE BARTH IRON ORE DEPOSIT. ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY, VOL. 8, PP. 247-263.

  • Deposit

    MABEY, D. R., 1964, GRAVITY MAP OF EUREKA COUNTY AND ADJOIN-

  • Deposit

    ING AREAS. SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, LYMAN, 1971, ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA

  • Deposit

    IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    I.C. 8511, 207 PP.

  • Deposit

    OHLE, E. L., 1972, EVALUATION OF IRON ORE DEPOSITS. ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY, V. 67, PP. 953-964.

  • Deposit

    RENO, HORACE T. AND FRANCIS E. BRANTLEY, 1973, IRON: A

  • Deposit

    MATERIALS SURVEY. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES I.C. 8574, 177 PP.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, RALPH J., KATHLEEN M. MONTGOMERY, AND ROBERT E.

  • Deposit

    LEHNER, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 64, 152 PP.

  • Deposit

    ROWE, CHARLES, 1981, MANAGER-NEVADA BARTH CORPORATION. PER-

  • Deposit

    SONAL COMMUNICATION AND MINE VISITATION OF NEVADA BARTH

  • Deposit

    MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. JUNE 23, 1981.

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, FRED R., ROBERT G. REEVES, AND VICTOR E. KRAL, 1962,

  • Deposit

    IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. PART C, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 53C, 47 PP.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1969, NEVADA-BARTH CORP. - STARTING

  • Deposit

    TENTH YEAR OF PRODUCTION OF IRON ORE AT BARTH MINE IN

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, V. 58, NO. 46,

  • Deposit

    PP. 1,4-5, NOV. 15, 1969

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY/

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH. SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF 1955-1961, VOLUME 1, PART I - WESTERN AREA. P.93

  • Deposit

    STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC., 1977, CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST

  • Deposit

    ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK: MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF

  • Deposit

    METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MINERALS EXCEPT FOSSIL FUELS IN

  • Deposit

    THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. U.S. BUR OF MINES CONTRACT

  • Deposit

    NO. J0255026, 374 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1971, PROCESS EVALUATION: COST

  • Deposit

    ANALYSIS SEMINAR. U.S. BUR OF MINES, PROCESS EVALUATION

  • Deposit

    GROUP, MORGANTOWN, W. VA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1957, BEOWAWE QUADRANGLE, NEVADA-

  • Deposit

    EUREKA CO., 15 MINUTE (TOPOGRAPHIC). SCALE 1:62500.

  • Deposit

    U.S. SENATE, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    SENATE DOCUMENT NO. 87, 88TH CONG., 2D SESSION, PP. 101-

  • Deposit

    113 (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 65).

  • Deposit

    VOSKUIL, WALTER H., 1966, ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE IRON ORE

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 13,

  • Deposit

    PART A, PP. 5-14.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-85 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/19/2020
MSHA mine ID2600078
Mine name (MSHA)NEVADA BARTH IRON MINE AND MILL
Current operatorSaga Exploration Company
Current controller (parent)Gregory G Austin
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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