Barbee & Walker Area

The Barbee & Walker Area is a silver mine located in Washington county, Utah.

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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: Barbee & Walker Area

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Harrisburg District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: FINELY DISSEMINATED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): THE MALACHITE OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS OF FOSSIL PLANTS.

Comment (Production): THE HONEST MINER MINE PRODUCED A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE BARBEE & WALKER MINE PRODUCED ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 97 FT AND A 110 FT SHAFT, AND AN INCLINE SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): THE HOST ROCK IS A WHITE FINELY LAMINATED FINE-GRAIN SANDSTONE.

Comment (Location): AREA INCLUDES THE HONEST MINER MINE AND BARBEE & WALKER MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 04-29-1971

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R., LAKIN, H. W., NAKAGAWA, H. M., STAGER, H. K., 1967 , SILVER AND MERCURY GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES IN THE COMSTOCK, TONOPAH, AND SILVER REEF DISTRICTS: USGS PROF PAPER 575 - B, P. 10 - 20

Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P. D., 1953 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF MINING DISTRICT: UGMS BULL 44 , P. 147

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