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Crystal Barite Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045452
MRDS ID M233195
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Kinkaid Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.41762, 38.53659 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 MI. E. OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 032E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.3 MI. FROM KINKAID SIDING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.41762, 38.53659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT NORTHERLY END OF VEIN THE BARITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH COPPER MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peterson, G. A.
    Home office Mina, Nevada
  • Type Owner
    Owner Werner, Hyman
    Home office Mina, Nevada

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN, ESTIMATED AT 1,000 TONS PLUS

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TRENCHES. VEIN EXPOSED ON SURFACE BY TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS FOR ABOUT 800 FEET.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED IN 1926 BY THE D. V. O. PRODUCTS, INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

  • Deposit

    HORTON, R. C., 1963, AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 4

  • Production

    HORTON, R. C., 1963, P. 14

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR VERTICAL BARITE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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