Crystal Barite Mine

The Crystal Barite Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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: Crystal Barite Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation:

Commodity: Barium-Barite

Lat, Long: 38.53667, -118.41667

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Crystal Barite Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Crystal Barite Mine
Secondary: Kinkaid Barite Mine


Commodity

Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Hawthorne District


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

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Peterson, G. A.
Home Office: Mina, Nevada

Owner Name: Werner, Hyman
Home Office: Mina, Nevada


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Barite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): NEAR VERTICAL BARITE VEIN

Comment (Production): UNKNOWN, ESTIMATED AT 1,000 TONS PLUS

Comment (Development): PATENTED IN 1926 BY THE D. V. O. PRODUCTS, INC.

Comment (Location): 1.3 MI. FROM KINKAID SIDING

Comment (Workings): THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TRENCHES. VEIN EXPOSED ON SURFACE BY TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS FOR ABOUT 800 FEET.

Comment (Geology): AT NORTHERLY END OF VEIN THE BARITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH COPPER MINERALS


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

Reference (Deposit): HORTON, R. C., 1963, AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 4

Reference (Production): HORTON, R. C., 1963, P. 14


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.