Description
P.V. Sanders And W.M. Pettit
Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlFavorable Beds, Brecciation(?)
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone,Dolomite · Comus Formation
StructureFolding
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10045078
MRDS IDM232735
Alternate namesSanders Mine, National Lead Claims, Barum, Barium Claims No. 1-5
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.09833, -117.30194
References
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING-CALENDAR YEAR 1980HORTON, R.C., 1963 AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPT 4.NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OFMINES, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1981.PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG BULL 98, P. 79.Miller, M., 2013, Barite, in Industrial Minerals Review 2012: Mining Engineering, v. 65, no. 7, p. 41-42.PAPKE, 1984