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Kay Deposit

Prospect 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222132
MRDS ID M231642
MAS/MILS ID 0320230719
Record type Site
Current site name Kay Deposit
Related records 10044259

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.86702, 38.96383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2820
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

Northumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 013 N 045 E 14 NWSESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.86702, 38.96383
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 10W
    Thickness 1.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N45E:10W
    Date of Last Modification 850830
  • Strike N45E
    Dip 10W
    Thickness 1.5M
    Area 75HA
    Depth to top 11M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PLACER
    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 N45E:10W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 75
    Date of Last Modification 830727

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1958
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 Unknown
    Owner Chromalloy American Corp. (Leasor)
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. B. Kohlmoos
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION.
  • RESOURCES ENTERED AT THE Q-P50 LEVEL USED IN ECONOMIC EVALUATION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 45HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .7
    Percent Waste Rock 81.4
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 11
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Percentage 25
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 75
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 395
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 506
    Unit Production Cost 12.25
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TO THE EUGEOSYNCLINAL BELT IN THRUST

  • Deposit

    SLICES, CENTRAL NEVADA. GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL., V. 75,

  • Deposit

    NO. 5, 1964, P. 425-454.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPLE, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCAL 1:200,000.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, 223 PP.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K. BARITE DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 98, 1984, 125 PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IN EAST NORTHUMBERLAND CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 555, 1967, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, D. R., F. G. POOLE, AND D. A. BROBST. NEWLEY

  • 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, P. 245-254.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 56 KM SE OF AUSTIN. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM NO MILL; NO PRODUCTION 1993 FIELD STUDY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-96 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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