The Barcelona Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.61667, -116.88333
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Barcelona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barcelona Mine
Secondary: Spanish Belt Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2028
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tom Nicely Tonopah, Nv.; Bml Mining Co. ; Bml Mining
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Fred Master
Home Office: President And Gen. Manager, P.O. Box 127, Manhattan, Nv. 89022
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BARCELONA VEIN. AREA BETWEEN BARCELONA AND SAN PEDRO HAS BEEN DOZED IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO UNCOVER PARALLEL VEINS. THE LARGE -ADIT IS CURRENTLY EMITTING 20-30 GALLONS/MINUTE OF WATER.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): LISTED AS ACTIVE UNDERGROUND SILVER MINE IN 1980 EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS. CONSOLIDATED SPANISH BELT SILVER MINING CO INCORPORATED IN 1916.10CLAIMS (2 PATENTED) OVER 175 ACRES.. STILL ACTIVE IN 1981-1983, BUT INACTIVE IN 1984 AND 1985 WHEN EXAMINED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,500 FT BARCELONA ADIT. DEEP TRENCHING
Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN FISSURE VEINS CONSISTING OF BANDED QUARTZ WITH LENSES 1-20 FT WIDE AND 50-500 FT LONG. MOLYBDENITE IS DISSEMINATED LOCALLY IN QUARTZ VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980.
Reference (Deposit): ERTEC, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY, SEVEN ADDITIONAL VALLEYS, NEVADA-UTAH, MX SITING AREA, VOL.I, P.66.
Reference (Deposit): WEED,W.H.,1922, MINES HANDBOOK,VOL.XV.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 24
Reference (Deposit): USGS REPORT, 1964 ; WATER AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): ERVINE W.B., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OFTHE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE CO.,NV : STANFORD UNIV. PHD THESIS, P.118.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
