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Snoose Mine

Plant 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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125046
MAS/MILS ID 0320070856
Record type Site
Current site name Snoose Mine
Alternate or previous names Snoose Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.97229, 41.38321 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loomis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040 N 062 E 04 C Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.97229, 41.38321
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 35E
    Thickness 14M
    Length 335M
    Width 130M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Strike And Dip N30W:35E
    Date of Last Modification 850823
  • Strike N30W
    Dip 35E
    Thickness 14M
    Length 335M
    Width 130M
    Area 65HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:35E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 65
    Date of Last Modification 830826

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1978
Year of first production 1979
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Gravity

Mining district

District name Snake Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals--Grube Estate
    ID 2601759
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals--Azl Resources
    ID 2601759
    Interest 25
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals--Superior Oil Co.
    ID 2601759
    Interest 25
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Surface--Sierra Pacific Power Co.
    ID 2601759
    Interest 25
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chromalloy American Corp.
    ID 2601759
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1979
    Description Mill Product Equaled Or Exceeded S.G 4.2 101000 Tonnes Annual Mine Produc
  • Year 1980
    Description Mill Product Equaled Or Exceeded S.G 4.2 166722 Tonnes Annual Mine Produc
  • Year 1981
    Description Mill Product Equaled Or Exceeded S.G 4.2 68958 Tonnes Annual Mine Produc
  • Year 1982
    Description Mill Product Equaled Or Exceeded S.G 4.2 99073 Tonnes Annual Mine Produc

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 GRADE IS AVERAGE GRADE AND REPRESENTS ESTIMATED MINED GRADE (NOT IN-SITU GRADE). MINED SPECIFIC GRAVITY EQUALS 4.0. Q-P90 (240,000 T) STRIPPING RATIO IS 5.25:1, AT WASTE-TO-MT ORE. STRIPPING RATIO FOR Q-P75 DEMONSTRATED RESOURCE OF 540,000 MT IS 12.6:1, MT WASTE-TO-MT ORE. .. THE REMAINING 27,000 MT AT THE LOOMIS MINE NORTH OF SNOOSE WILL BE RECOVERED. JIGGED PRODUCT GRADE IS SPEC. GRAV 4.2.
  • THERE IS NO PUBLISHED RESERVE FOR THE SNOOSE MINE. NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .5
    Percent Waste Rock 92.6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity 565
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 19.25
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 180
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    77. CARLSON, G. N., AND R. A. BAUER. BARITE - U.S.

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION CONTINUES STRONG, SETS RECORD AT 2.4 MILLION

  • Deposit

    S.T. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 183, NO. 3, 1982, PP. 135-136.

  • Deposit

    95. COOPE, B. M. (ED.). WORLD BARYTES PRODUCERS - A

  • Deposit

    REVIEW. IND. MIN. (LONDON), NO. 130, 1978, PP. 39-40.

  • Deposit

    123. DUNHAM, A. C., AND J. S. HANOR. CONTROLS ON BARITE

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. ECON. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 62, NO. 1, 1967,

  • Deposit

    PP. 82-94.

  • 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

    278. HOPE, R. A., AND R. R. COATS. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    MAP OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE

  • Deposit

    MAP 76-779, 6 SHEETS, 1976, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    449. MITCHELL, A. W. GEOLOGY OF SOME BEDDED BARITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,

  • Deposit

    RENO, NV, 1977, 58 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.

  • Deposit

    716. TINGLEY, J. V. SUMMARY REPORT, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF

  • Deposit

    THE WELLS RESOURCE AREA, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA (BLM CONTRACT

  • Deposit

    NO. YA-512-CT9-156). NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    OPEN FILE REPORT 81-4, 1981, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    775. WARREN, R. E. MINE CLOSURES SIGNAL DRAMATIC

  • Deposit

    TURN-DOWN IN MINING INDUSTRY. NV MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 6,

  • Deposit

    NO. 3, 1982, PP. 1-3, 20.

  • Deposit

    778. WATSON, I. BARYTES - U.S. DRILLING DOWNTURN WEIGHS

  • Deposit

    HEAVILY ON THE MARKET. IND. MIN. (LONDON), NO. 183, 1982,

  • Deposit

    PP. 21-57.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1984, BARITE IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL.98, P.50-51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 28 KM N OF WELLS GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM MILL: 34 KM NE OF MINE,ON STANDBY, CRUSHING, SCREENING, JIGGING 565 T/D, PRODUCES UNGROUND BARITE CONC., SHIPPED TO WELLS (54 KM), THEN BY RAIL TO OKLAHOMA. MINE: OPEN PIT. G DATA SET DESCRIBES LOWER MOST BED ONLY IN MEASUREMENTS. THE OREBODY OUTCROPPED ON SURFACE AND IS NOW WELL EXPOSED DUE TO ITS IRREGULAR SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-88 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/03/1984
MSHA mine ID2601759
Mine name (MSHA)Snoose Creek Mine
Current operatorChromalloy Mining & Milling
Current controller (parent)Chromalloy American Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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