Mine detail: Mountain Springs

Previously called 'Mound SpringsFmc'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.31518, -117.0415

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	BEDDED, STRATIFORM
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1952

Geology

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).

References

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.