Mine detail: Argenta Mine

Previously called 'Barium KingMilchemNevada Barite'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.63684, -116.72872

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Witherite
Orebody form:	STRATABOUND, BEDDED

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Slaven Formation;Slaven Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Chert
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Deposit In Upper Plate Of Robert Mtn Thrust. Barite Deposits Have A Spatial Relationship To The Antler Orogenic Belt, With Bedded Barite In The Center Of The Trend, And Vein Type Occurrences On Either Side.
Alteration processes:	Host Rocks Generally Unalterred, Dikes Argillized At Contacts, And Have Baked & Bleached The Enclosing Ore & Host Rocks.

References

MRDS	M232429
DEP	10103991
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 209, REFERENCE NO 3201500057}{Deposit:: MITCHELL A.W. (1977) GEOLOGY OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEV, MS THESIS, UNR}{Production:: STAGER, H.K., 1977}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.