The Bari Claims is a barium-barite mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 40.51333, -117.53417
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Bari Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bari Claims
Secondary: Pollard Canyon Barite Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Tobin And Sonoma Range Mining Area
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: George L. Deans And Edda R. Eldredge
Years: 1978 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1973
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Disseminated Sb
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): A FEW OLD BULLDOZER TRENCHES ON THE TOP AND NORTH SIDE OF A RIDGE. 2 TRENCHES 45 M APART.
Comment (Development): 3 LODE CLAIMS OF BARI GROUP LOCATED IN 1973, OWNED IN 1978 BY GEORGE L. DEANS AND EDDA R. ELDREDGE.
Comment (Deposit): BARITE POORLY EXPOSED IN 2 TRENCHES 45 M APART. IF THESE ARE ON THE SAME VEIN, STRIKE IS N10W. SOME MAGANESE CONCRETIONS ARE PRESENT IN THE CHERT ABOUT 200 M E OF BARITE OCCURRENCES.
Comment (Commodity): BARITE IS WHITE, COARSE-GRAINED AND CONTAINS MINOR QUARTZ AND IRON OXIDES AS IMPURITIES.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG BULL 98, P. 120.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 12 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION.
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.
