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Wild Cat Barium Mine

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043919
MRDS ID M231223
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Cat Barium Mine
Alternate or previous names Sun Creek, Hunter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.33091, 41.68546 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marys River Basin NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(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)

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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 059E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.33091, 41.68546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Crater Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSELY CRYSTALLINE BARITE IN SILICIFIED ARGILLITE ROCKS. VEIN IS A FEW TO 25 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED BY A SMALL OPENCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1969) MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., USGS OPEN FILE 1976-56

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV.: USGS BULL 741

  • Deposit

    COATS, R.R., R.C. GREEN, L.D. CRESS., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAR BIDGE WILDERNESS AREA AND ADJACENT AREAS, ELKO CO., NV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1439.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL. & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV.: NBM BULL. 54

  • Production

    HORTON, R.C., (1963)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Unknown Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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