The Barbee & Walker Area is a silver mine located in Washington county, Utah.
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Barbee & Walker Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barbee & Walker Area
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Harrisburg District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FINELY DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): THE MALACHITE OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS OF FOSSIL PLANTS.
Comment (Production): THE HONEST MINER MINE PRODUCED A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE BARBEE & WALKER MINE PRODUCED ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 97 FT AND A 110 FT SHAFT, AND AN INCLINE SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): THE HOST ROCK IS A WHITE FINELY LAMINATED FINE-GRAIN SANDSTONE.
Comment (Location): AREA INCLUDES THE HONEST MINER MINE AND BARBEE & WALKER MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 04-29-1971
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R., LAKIN, H. W., NAKAGAWA, H. M., STAGER, H. K., 1967 , SILVER AND MERCURY GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES IN THE COMSTOCK, TONOPAH, AND SILVER REEF DISTRICTS: USGS PROF PAPER 575 - B, P. 10 - 20
Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P. D., 1953 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF MINING DISTRICT: UGMS BULL 44 , P. 147
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