Barrel Springs Placers

The Barrel Springs Placers is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,501 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Barrel Springs Placers
Secondary: Includes All Older Placers In Area-Tanke Claims, Double O Mine,
Secondary: Constant Placers
Secondary: Nevada Placer

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rabbithole District; Rosebud 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Lakeshore Minerals Refining Co. And Constant De Rebecque, Inc.
Home Office: 530 California Ave, Reno, Nv
Years: 1964 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR BARREL SPRINGS, UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF BEST OREBODY, BUT GRAVEL COVER THOUSANDS OF ACRES. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL INFERRED RESERVES PLUS POSSIBLE RESERVES, PRELIMINARY TESTS SHOW MUCH HIGHER VALUES ($20-$60 AT $500/OZ GOLD) IN THE - 150 MESH SIZE

Comment (Development): BENJAMIN J. CONSTANT, SR., PRESIDENT OF LAKESHORE AND HIS ASSOCIATES HELD 22000 ACRES OF PLACER GROUND NEAR BARRELL SPRINGS IN SUMMER OF 1964. QUADE REPORTED IN 1984 AN ACTIVE PLACER OPERATION AT BARREL SPRINGS. IN 1942 THE USBM INVESTIGATED THE PLACERS AS A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF TIN, BUT DETERMINED TIN CONTENT TO BE TOO LOW TO HAVE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE. ALSO ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE AND HUEBNERITE WERE PRESENT IN THE CONCENTRATE. PACIFIC EXPLORATION DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE GOLD PLACER IN 1980-81, COVERING A 5 SQ. MILE AREA (22,000 ACRES); THEY DUG 2 TEST PITS AND 250 BACK HOE TRENCHES. A TEST LOT OF 5300 CU YDS. IN 1980 PRODUCED 28 OZ. AU. TEST LOTS PROCESSED IN 1982 BY PER CU. YD., AVERAGING $1.11/CU. YD-BASED ON GOLD AT $350/02., PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY VICTOR INDUSTRIES IN 1981 WHO PLANNED TO MINE IT. IMMEDIATELY. OBTAINED BY SILVERLAKE RESOURCES IN 1983 IN A JOINT VENTURE WITH AGRICOLA MINERAL APPRAISALS.

Comment (Workings): PITS, TRENCHES

Comment (Deposit): REPORTEDLY "VERY LARGE" RESREVES. THE CURRENT (1980'S) PLACER PROPERTY INCLUDES MANY EARLIER, SMALLER PLACER OPERATIONS. PLACERS WERE WORKED IN THE RAVINES ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROSEBUD PEAK IN 1911. IN 1933 A 500 CU. YD. PLANT WAS OPERATING; AND IN 1934, MAURICE CONSTANT BEGAN ASSEMBLING CLAIMS, AND OVER THE YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1964, HE ACQUIRED ALL THE CLAIMS WHICH MAKE UP THE CURRENT PROPERTY. IT WAS WORKED 1934 WITH A MILL 1933-1939-PLACERS WERE WORKED CONTINOUSLY BOTH BY INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES 1939 -1940-3008 OZ AU WERE PRODUCED (PROBABLY ON EASTERN PORTION OF WEBANKE CLAIM GROUP) 1942-1960-THE U.S. DEPT. OF NAVY CLOSED THE ENTIRE AREA TO MINING AS IT WAS ADJACENT TO A BOMBING RANGE. 1949, 19538 1957- THE PROPERTY WAS REPORTED ON, BUT VERY LITTLE WORK DONE. 1961-PROPERTY WAS APPARENTLY IN INOPERATION AND HAD BEEN UPGRADED WITH MODERN EQUIPMENT 1961-1964-PROPERTY WAS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BY MAURICE CONSTANT 1964-1974-IDLE; 1974-PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY BENEFICIAL MININGO

Comment (Deposit): CO. 1977-1978-PROPERTY-LEASED BY NEVADA NATIONAL MINING CO. AND MUCH WORK WAS DONE-THEN INTERNAL PROBLEMS CAUSED THE COLLAPSE OF THE COMPANY. 1979-PACIFIC EXPLORATION BOUGHT ALL CLAIMS, STOCKS, AND RIGHTS FROM NEFICIAL, AND DID THE CURRENT FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHEN GOLD WAS AT $500/OZ. SINCE THE FALL OF GOLD TO PRICES IN THE 300/OZ RANGE, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROPERTY IS. 3000 OZ AU-PRODUCED-1939. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 292, ITEM 3, ITEM 5, CLIPPINGS. FILE 289, ITEMS 4,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,15.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944 NBMG BULL 41, P. 177.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK,2 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION NOTES.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 289, ITEMS 2,8

Reference (Deposit): PACIFIC EXPLORATION, 1981, BARREL SPRINGS PLACER MINING FEASIBILITY AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 289, ITEM 2.

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.