Summit Canyon Mine

The Summit Canyon Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,501 feet.

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

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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.