The Barcelona Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,960 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
Elevation: 8,960 Feet (2,731 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.6481, -116.95920
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Barcelona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barcelona Mine
Secondary: Barcelona
Secondary: Spanish Belt Silver Mine
Secondary: San Pedro Shaft
Secondary: San Pedro Incline
Secondary: San Pedro Mine
Secondary: Westport 1866
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bml Mining Co
Company ID: 2600597
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1866
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
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
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): ERVINE, W.B., 1972, STANFORD UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, P. 118-
Reference (Deposit): 123.
Reference (Deposit): WHITE, A.F., 1869, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA FOR THE YEARS 1867 AND 1868: CARSON CITY, RENO,
Reference (Deposit): NV, P. 70-73.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 624, 1917, P. 192, 198.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Reference (Deposit): OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV,
Reference (Deposit): P. 160-161.
Reference (Deposit): BECKER, G.F., 1888, GEOLOGY OF THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF
Reference (Deposit): THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOLITH 13,
Reference (Deposit): P. 385.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, MINING HANDBOOK, P. 1175.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,
Reference (Deposit): P. 47-51.
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, S.H., 1936, MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED, P. 1-5. A
Reference (Deposit): PRIVATELY PRINT BOOK.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-3,
Reference (Deposit): 1979, P. 144.
Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION
Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 P.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 135.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 23-24.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMM. DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS, JAN. 31, 1977, P. 43.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2, 1962, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS
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.
