The NBMG Sample Smte 1267 is a barium-barite and mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.11306, -117.72639
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NBMG Sample Smte 1267 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Smte 1267
Secondary: Sg Claims In Part
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert District; Desert 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Felmont Oil Corp.
Home Office: 1 Houston Ctr, Suite 1109, 1221 Mckinney, Houston, Tx, 77002
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NOT ACTIVE IN 1982, EXCEPT FOR CLAIM-STAKING. PROBABLY NO ACTIVITY FOR 20 YEARS AT WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): STRINGERS AND BLOBS OF QUARTZ, ROCKS FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED, HEAVILY HEMATITE-STAINED ON SURFACE AND IN FINE BLOBS, CHALCEDONIC VEINLETS. BARITE CRYSTALS IN BRECCIA, DENDRITIC PYROLUSITE, DRUSY QUARTZ. POSSIBLE MERCURY IN THIN VEINLETS IN S?EDIMENTS.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL 50-FT SHAFT, FEW PERIPHERAL WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-21-82
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.
