Barcelona Mine

The Barcelona Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,960 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

Name: Barcelona Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 8,960 Feet (2,731 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 38.6481, -116.95920

Map: View on Google Maps

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.


Satelite image of the Barcelona Mine

Barcelona Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Barcelona Mine
Secondary: Barcelona
Secondary: Spanish Belt Silver Mine
Secondary: San Pedro Shaft
Secondary: San Pedro Incline
Secondary: San Pedro Mine
Secondary: Westport 1866


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Bml Mining Co
Company ID: 2600597
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1866
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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): ERVINE, W.B., 1972, STANFORD UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, P. 118-

Reference (Deposit): 123.

Reference (Deposit): WHITE, A.F., 1869, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA FOR THE YEARS 1867 AND 1868: CARSON CITY, RENO,

Reference (Deposit): NV, P. 70-73.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 624, 1917, P. 192, 198.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES

Reference (Deposit): OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV,

Reference (Deposit): P. 160-161.

Reference (Deposit): BECKER, G.F., 1888, GEOLOGY OF THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONOLITH 13,

Reference (Deposit): P. 385.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, MINING HANDBOOK, P. 1175.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

Reference (Deposit): P. 47-51.

Reference (Deposit): HUNT, S.H., 1936, MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED, P. 1-5. A

Reference (Deposit): PRIVATELY PRINT BOOK.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-3,

Reference (Deposit): 1979, P. 144.

Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 P.

Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 135.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 23-24.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMM. DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS, JAN. 31, 1977, P. 43.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2, 1962, P. 34.

Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS


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.