The American Barite Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,850 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,850 Feet (1,783 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 37.89389, -117.52306
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American Barite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Barite Mine
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain (Weepah, West Divide) 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1919
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTH SLOPE OF WEEPAH HILLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): BARITE REPLACEMENT VEINS AND FISSURE VEINS IN LIMESTONE. BARITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE PYRITE AND GALENA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BARITE.
Comment (Workings): MODERATELY EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND SMALL OPEN CUTS
Comment (Development): ESTIMATED 1000+ TONS PRODUCED 1907-1919
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78, P.60.
Reference (Deposit): HORTON, R.C., 1963, NBMG, REPORT 4., P. 9
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, ET. AL, 1936, USGS BULL. 871, P.150
Reference (Production): HORTON, 1963, P.9.
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.
