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Barth Mine

The Barth Mine is a mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 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

Name: Barth Mine

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 40.5789, -116.26920

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Barth Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Barth Mine
Secondary: West Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Safford

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

Type: Fee Ownership

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Nevada Barth Corp
Company ID: 2600078
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: Southern Pacific Land Co.
Company ID: 2600078
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975

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

Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Phlogopite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): STOCKPILED LUMP ORE RESERVES. CURRENTLY BEING SHIPPED, 1981. STOCKPILED FINE ORE RESERVES. CURRENTLY BEING SHIPPED, 1981. UNRECOVERABLE PIT NORTH-WALL RESOURCE. THIS RESOURCE WAS LEFT IN-SITU AND REINFORCED WITH STEEL TO ACT AS A RIVER DIKE FOR THE HUMBOLDT RIVER AND TO MAINTAIN RAILROAD BED STABILITY. GRADE OF RESOURCE WAS GIVEN AS 60-72 PERCENT FE, 0.8 - 0.9 PERCENT P. UNRECOVERED PIT EAST WALL RESOURCE. IRON ORE IS TOO HIGH IN PHOSPHORUS AND SULFUR CONTENT FOR CURRENT RECOVERY. WASTE DUMP. LOW GRADE IRON REPORTED AS HAVING A GRADE OF 30 PERCENT MAXIMUM FE CONTENT. M6=M1+M2. COMBINED STOCKPILE/ LUMP RESERVE PLUS FINE RESERVE.

References

Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY/

Reference (Deposit): PP. 1,4-5, NOV. 15, 1969

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN NEVADA. SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, V. 58, NO. 46,

Reference (Deposit): TENTH YEAR OF PRODUCTION OF IRON ORE AT BARTH MINE IN

Reference (Deposit): PART A, PP. 5-14.

Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 13,

Reference (Deposit): VOSKUIL, WALTER H., 1966, ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE IRON ORE

Reference (Deposit): 113 (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 65).

Reference (Deposit): SENATE DOCUMENT NO. 87, 88TH CONG., 2D SESSION, PP. 101-

Reference (Deposit): U.S. SENATE, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): EUREKA CO., 15 MINUTE (TOPOGRAPHIC). SCALE 1:62500.

Reference (Deposit): GROUP, MORGANTOWN, W. VA.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1957, BEOWAWE QUADRANGLE, NEVADA-

Reference (Deposit): ANALYSIS SEMINAR. U.S. BUR OF MINES, PROCESS EVALUATION

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1971, PROCESS EVALUATION: COST

Reference (Deposit): NO. J0255026, 374 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. U.S. BUR OF MINES CONTRACT

Reference (Deposit): METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MINERALS EXCEPT FOSSIL FUELS IN

Reference (Deposit): ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK: MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF

Reference (Deposit): STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC., 1977, CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY OF 1955-1961, VOLUME 1, PART I - WESTERN AREA. P.93

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH. SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1969, NEVADA-BARTH CORP. - STARTING

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 53C, 47 PP.

Reference (Deposit): IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. PART C, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, FRED R., ROBERT G. REEVES, AND VICTOR E. KRAL, 1962,

Reference (Deposit): MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. JUNE 23, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): SONAL COMMUNICATION AND MINE VISITATION OF NEVADA BARTH

Reference (Deposit): ROWE, CHARLES, 1981, MANAGER-NEVADA BARTH CORPORATION. PER-

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 64, 152 PP.

Reference (Deposit): LEHNER, 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, RALPH J., KATHLEEN M. MONTGOMERY, AND ROBERT E.

Reference (Deposit): MATERIALS SURVEY. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES I.C. 8574, 177 PP.

Reference (Deposit): RENO, HORACE T. AND FRANCIS E. BRANTLEY, 1973, IRON: A

Reference (Deposit): OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

Reference (Deposit): ORE - PART I. V. 175. NO. 11, NOVEMBER 1974, PP. 83-162.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1974, NORTH AMERICAN IRON

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY BULL 408, PP. 110-113.

Reference (Deposit): IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEV. U.S. GEOLOGICAL

Reference (Deposit): 23, 1981.

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS

Reference (Deposit): TION THROUGH OFFICE VISITATION. WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA, JUNE

Reference (Deposit): CORPORATION. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION. PERSONAL COMMUNICA-

Reference (Deposit): AUSTIN, GREGORY, 1981, VICE-PRESIDENT/ENGINEER NEVADA BARTH

Reference (Deposit): JONES, J. CLAUDE, 1913, THE BARTH IRON ORE DEPOSIT. ECONOMIC

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): MARKET STUDY. M.S. THESIS, MINING ENGINEERING, UNIV. OF

Reference (Deposit): JENNINGS, OLIN R., 1967, ECONOMICS OF NEVADA IRON ORES: A

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, MAP 5, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): HORTON, ROBERT C., 1962, IRON ORE OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY, V. 67, PP. 953-964.

Reference (Deposit): I.C. 8511, 207 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OHLE, E. L., 1972, EVALUATION OF IRON ORE DEPOSITS. ECONOMIC

Reference (Deposit): IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, LYMAN, 1971, ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): ING AREAS. SCALE 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): MABEY, D. R., 1964, GRAVITY MAP OF EUREKA COUNTY AND ADJOIN-

Reference (Deposit): 115 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY, VOL. 8, PP. 247-263.

Reference (Deposit): LISHED BY AMERICAN IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, CLEVELAND, OHIO,

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1980, IRON ORE 1979, PUB-

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