Renner Barite Mine

The Renner Barite Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Renner Barite Mine
Secondary: Toltec
Secondary: Renner and Sam
Secondary: Mohawk Claims
Secondary: Renner Mine

Commodity

Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Mohawk District

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Year Last Production: 1930
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: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faulting

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Ankerite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Production): DURING 1929 - 1930 , 18 CARLOADS OF BARITE WERE SHIPPED.

Comment (Development): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM ABOUT 1929 TO 1930.

Comment (Deposit): LENSING MASSES OF BARITE CRYSTALS WITH MINOR FLUORITE, WITHIN CRYSTALLINE CALCITE, IN A FAULT ZONE. IRREGULAR LAYERS OF PALE-BLUE CHLORITE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CARRY A LITTLE SILVER.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT.

References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D.; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134 , P. 152 .

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULL. 134 , P. 152 .

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