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Jungle 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 10295114
MRDS ID M234071
MAS/MILS ID 0320070357
Record type Site
Current site name Jungle Mine
Alternate or previous names Consolation, Jungle A & B, Snoose, Ala Mine, Boies, Big Ledge
Related records 10046120

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.9959, 41.54161 (WGS84)
Elevation 2135
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

Boies Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 042 N 062 E 07 C SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.9959, 41.54161
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8.5M
    Length 180M
    Width 170M
    Depth to top 35M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 850830
  • Thickness 8.5M
    Length 180M
    Width 170M
    Area 75HA
    Depth to top 35M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 75
    Date of Last Modification 830826

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONGLOMERATE IS REFEERED TO AS "CHERT-PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE" UNSPECIFIED SEDIMENTARY IS ARGILLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1977
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush
Milling method Jig

Mining district

District name Snake Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Chromalloy American Corp.
    ID 2601098
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Description Mill Product Equaled Or Exceeded S.G.4.2 90000 Mt Annual Mine Production
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Barium-Barite Barium 90000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Mill Product Equaled Or Exceded S.G.4.2. 140000 Mt Annual Mine Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Barium-Barite Barium 140000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Mill Product Equaled Or Exceeded S.G.4.2 140000 Mt Annual Mine Production
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Barium-Barite Barium 140000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Mill Product Equaled Or Exceeded S.G.4.2 105000 Mt Annual Mine Production
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Barium-Barite Barium 105000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Mill Product Equaled Or Exceeded S.G.4.2 54562 Mt Annual Mine Production
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Barium-Barite Barium 54562mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE ARE NO KNOWN PUBLISHED RESERVES OF THE JUNGLE DEPOSIT AS OF AUGUST 1983.
  • MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 GRADE AND TONNAGE IS IN TERMS OF MINED TONNAGE & GRADE, NOT IN-SITU. SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS 3.87. PROPOSED JIG PRODUCT GRADE IS 4.2 (SPECIFIC GRAVITY) CHROMALLOY RATES RECOVERED PRODUCT GRADE AT 4.1 SPECIFIC GRAVITY. THIS M1C1 RESOURCE WILL BE MINED AN MILLED EITHER SIMULTANEOUS OR SEQUENTIAL OR SOME COMBINATION WITH RESOURCES KNOWN AT ADJACENT OREBODIES. THESE RESOURCES ARE 400,000 MT DEMONSTRATED AT CONSOLATION DEPOSIT, AND 82,000 MT DEMONSTRATED AT JUNGLE A&B DEPOSIT. GRADES ARE ASSUMED SAME AS JUNGLE. TOTAL DEMONSTRATED IS 991,000 MT. OVERALL STRIPPING RATIO IS 5.25:1, MT WASTE TO MT ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .5
    Percent Waste Rock 84
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity 635
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 11.46
    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

    205. GARDNER, D. H. STRUCTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN PART OF THE SNAKE MOUNTAINS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    PH.D. DISS., UNIV. OR, EUGENE, OR, 1968, 222 PP.

  • 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

    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

    688. STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NV

  • Deposit

    DIV. MINE INSP., 1983, 60 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 48 KM NE OF WELLS GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM MILL: OFF-SITE (18 KM EAST),ON STANDBY, CRUSHING, SCREENING, JIGGING, PRODUCES UNGROUND BARITE CONCENTRATES SHIPPED TO WELLS NEVADA. OVERBURDEN RANGES FROM 0-TO-70 M IN THICKNESS, AND ORE ZONE THICKNESS VARIES FROM 3-TO-13.7 M. SIZE OF OREBODY IS UNKNOWN. ORIGINAL WIDTH WAS ABOUT 245 M PRIOR TO PAST MINING. PRESENT KNOWN REMAINING WIDTH IS ESTIMATED 170 M. OREBODY IS OPEN-ENDED ON NORTH AND SOUTH. THE KNOWN LENGTH IS AT LEAST 180 M AND POSSIBLY EXTENDS AT LEAST ANOTHER 90 TO 300 M. OREBODY IS ESSENTIALLY FLAT-LYING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-MAR-93 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/03/1984
MSHA mine ID2601098
Mine name (MSHA)Jungle Area
Current operatorChromalloy Mining & Milling
Current controller (parent)Chromalloy American Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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