The Unnamed Barite Deposit is a barium-barite mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 38.53806, -118.45194
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Unnamed Barite Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Barite Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne
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: MASSES BRECCIATED LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): 2 MI. WEST OF CRYSTAL MINE
Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS IN NORTHERN AREA, SHALLOW CUT SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. SOUTH OF ADITS, SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. BEYOND THIS, A TRENCH TRENDING S 40 E AND 125' LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14
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.
