| Lat / long: | 40.31518, -117.0415 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Orebody form: | BEDDED, STRATIFORM |
| Discovery year: | 1952 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stratiform |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1952 |
| Host rock: | Slaven Formation |
| Host type: | Chert |
| Structure: | Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn. Thrust, The Barite Has Been Cut Both By Thrust Faults During The Antler Orogeny, And By Mumerous High Angle Basin-Range Faults Of Tertiary Age. The Ore Body Is Within A Single Large Fault Block Suggesting Structural Controls Of Barite Deposition. Both Host Rock And Barite Beds Are Intensely Folded On A Small Scale. (Valcarce 1978). |
| MRDS | M232422 |
| DEP | 10044816 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO, N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 72, REFERENCE NO. 3201500072}{Deposit:: VALCARCE J.S. (1978) MOUNTAIN SPRINGS BARITE MINE IN GUIDEBOOK TO GREAT BASIN MINERAL DEPOSITS, N.B.M. REPT 32}{Production:: STAGER, H.K., (1977)} |
| Reporter | Kirkham, Richard A. |