The Smith Creek Prospect is a barium-barite and silver mine located in White Pine 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.35056, -114.08833
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Smith Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smith Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Mount Moriah Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A 4-FT VERTICAL CHIP SAMPLE FROM ONE ADIT ASSAYED TO 0.8 OZ/T AG AND 19% BA
Materials
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR THE MOUTH OF SMITH CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): THIS DEPOSIT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED BEYOND THE AREA OF THE WORKINGS.
Comment (Workings): 2 SMALL ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP MF-1244-A.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, OPEN FILE REPORT 1983, MLA 50-83
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.
