Barcelona Mine

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Mercury, Molybdenum, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198537
MRDS ID M030040
MAS/MILS ID 0320230249
Record type Site
Current site name Barcelona Mine
Alternate or previous names Barcelona, Spanish Belt Silver Mine, San Pedro Shaft, San Pedro Incline, San Pedro Mine, Westport 1866
Related records 10037024

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.96012, 38.64803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2731
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 009 N 045 E 06 SWNESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.96012, 38.64803

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Barcelona District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bml Mining Co
    ID 2600597
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 23-24.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMM. DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS, JAN. 31, 1977, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2, 1962, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 P.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    P. 47-51.

  • Deposit

    HUNT, S.H., 1936, MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED, P. 1-5. A

  • Deposit

    PRIVATELY PRINT BOOK.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-3,

  • Deposit

    1979, P. 144.

  • Deposit

    ERVINE, W.B., 1972, STANFORD UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, P. 118-

  • Deposit

    123.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, A.F., 1869, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF

  • Deposit

    NEVADA FOR THE YEARS 1867 AND 1868: CARSON CITY, RENO,

  • Deposit

    NV, P. 70-73.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 624, 1917, P. 192, 198.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV,

  • Deposit

    P. 160-161.

  • Deposit

    BECKER, G.F., 1888, GEOLOGY OF THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOLITH 13,

  • Deposit

    P. 385.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, MINING HANDBOOK, P. 1175.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-1995 Schmauch, Steven W. 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 05/03/1982
MSHA mine ID2600597
Mine name (MSHA)Barcelona
Current operatorBarcelona Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Masters F W
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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