The Crystal Barite Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Crystal Barite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Barite Mine
Secondary: Kinkaid Barite Mine
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Peterson, G. A.
Home Office: Mina, Nevada
Owner Name: Werner, Hyman
Home Office: Mina, Nevada
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NEAR VERTICAL BARITE VEIN
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN, ESTIMATED AT 1,000 TONS PLUS
Comment (Development): PATENTED IN 1926 BY THE D. V. O. PRODUCTS, INC.
Comment (Location): 1.3 MI. FROM KINKAID SIDING
Comment (Workings): THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TRENCHES. VEIN EXPOSED ON SURFACE BY TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS FOR ABOUT 800 FEET.
Comment (Geology): AT NORTHERLY END OF VEIN THE BARITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH COPPER MINERALS
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
Reference (Deposit): HORTON, R. C., 1963, AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 4
Reference (Production): HORTON, R. C., 1963, P. 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.
