The Summit Canyon Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 38.98, -117.27889
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Summit Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Summit Canyon Mine
Secondary: Rex
Secondary: Bart
Secondary: Jan
Secondary: And Summit Claims
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Kohlmoss, Bill, Locke, Gene And Betty
Years: 1981 -
Owner Name: Reliable Meat Co.
Home Office: San Francisco
Years: 1963 -
Owner Name: Hartley, Jerry - Republic Resources
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1963
Year Last Production: 1982
Discovery Year: 1958
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: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NARROW QUARTZ VEINS ALONG BEDDING IN FOLDED, STEEPLY-DIPPING PHYLLITE. SHEAR ZONES PARALLEL BEDDING
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CROSSCUT ADIT.
Comment (Geology): VEINS ARE VUGGY. LENSES OF BARITE OCCUR ALONG STRIKE OF BEDS. ONE NARROW QUARTZ VEIN IN QUARTZITE-BARITE ROCK ON DUMP CONTAINED PODS OF TETRAHEDRITE.
Comment (Development): EQUIPMENT PRESENT ON SITE, AND RECENT BULLDOZER WORK DONE IN 1981.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
References
Reference (Deposit): HORTON, R.C., 1963, AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG REPORT 4
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION,9/17/81.
Reference (Production): HORTON, 1963, P. 15
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.
