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Northumberland Mine

Plant 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. 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 10173775
MRDS ID W016473
MAS/MILS ID 0320230183
Record type Site
Current site name Northumberland Mine
Alternate or previous names Imco Pit, Merry Christmas, East Northumberland Mine, Blue Stone, All Minerals, Liesa Prospect, Black Star
Related records 10072159, 10173835

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.82591, 38.89353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2380
Location accuracy 100(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 012 N 046 E 05 SESESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.82591, 38.89353
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 10W
    Thickness 15M
    Length 1500M
    Width 100M
    Area 140HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N70E:10W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 140
    Date of Last Modification 970626
  • Thickness 15M
    Length 1500M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 970626

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1967
Year of first production 1975
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Dry
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 Owner-Operator
    Owner All Minerals Corp.
    ID 2600847
    Interest 93
    Home office Utah
    Year 1983
    First year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner N. L. Industries, Inc.
    Interest 7
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1983
    First year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimated Production Form 1975 To 1983 1100000 Metric Tonnes Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Barium-Barite Barium 1100000mt

Comments on the production information

  • MILL: ON-SITE,ACTIVE,514 T/D,PRODUCES CRUDE BARITE,PRODUCT SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA,TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 67 KM SE OF AUSTIN. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE IS 74.7% BA.
  • M9C4=M1C1+M1C2 LIESA GROUP ALL MINERALS GROUP

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 9.3HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .7
    Percent Waste Rock 87.4
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 25
    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 670
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 97200
    Unit Production Cost 13.43
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 230
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 42.5HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .7
    Percent Waste Rock 83.3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 15
    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 670
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 11.68
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 230
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    87. CLARKE, G. (ED.). BAYRITES IN NEVADA - BACK TO

  • Deposit

    PRE-1974 LEVELS. IND. MIN. (LONDON), NO. 200, MAY 1984,

  • Deposit

    PP. 53-61.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    THE 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

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

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.

  • Deposit

    546. PAPKE, K. BARITE DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 98, 1984, 125 PP.

  • Deposit

    601. RYE, R. O., D. R. SHAWE, AND F. G. POOLE. STABLE

  • Deposit

    ISOTOPE STUDIES OF BEDDED BARITE AT EAST NORTHUMBERLAND

  • Deposit

    CANYON IN TOQUIMA RANGE, CENTRAL NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    J. RES., V. 6, NO. 2, 1978, PP. 221-229.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BARITE IN EAST NORTHUMBERLAND CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 555, 1967, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

    624. 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE DIFFERENT ORE BODIES FORM THE DEPOSIT:THE LIESA GROUP, ALL MINERALS GROUP AND THE MERRY CHRISTMAS GROUP. GEOLORY DATA TABLES WERE CORRECTED JUNE 1997.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUN-97 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/22/1985
MSHA mine ID2600847
Mine name (MSHA)Barite Mine
Current operatorAll Minerals Corp
Current controller (parent)Mahoney Stanford R
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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