The Summit Creek Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,320 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,320 Feet (2,536 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 38.9822, -117.27750
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Summit Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Summit Creek Mine
Secondary: Betty Millsite
Secondary: Linda Millsite
Secondary: Bart Claims
Secondary: Summit Canyon Mine
Secondary: Rex Claims Group
Secondary: Summit Claims
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Barium Products And Mining Co.
Info Year: 1990
Owner Name: Republic Resources Inc.
Info Year: 1981
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ANOMALOUS BISMUTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT
Reference (Deposit): MSHA REPORT, JULY 8, 1981.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY REPORT 4, 1963, P. 15.
Reference (Deposit): P. 209-210.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MAP 6, 1962.
Reference (Deposit): P. 109-110.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 98, 1984,
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 32.
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.
