Mountain Springs Mine (Mound Springs Mine), Mountain Springs Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USAi
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Mountain Springs Mine (Mound Springs Mine) | Mine |
Mountain Springs Mining District | Mining District |
Lander County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 19' 3'' North , 117° 2' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Battle Mountain | 3,635 (2011) | 37.2km |
Crescent Valley | 392 (2011) | 41.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
59941
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:59941:9
GUID (UUID V4):
13df395a-5534-4306-852f-2880b13e43b4
A baryte mine located in sec. 8,9 T.28N., R.44E.
Mineralization is bedded baryte deposits in chert and banded shale of Devonian (?) or Triassic (?) age.
Deposit: This evaluation was done at 100 percent of mill capacity. Current production is about 43 percent of capacity, or about 200,000 t/yr. General location: about 39 km S of carlin. General size of ore body: large fmc corp. Operates a crushing-screening plant;imco services operates a large beneficiation plant (jigging, tabling, floatation and concentration) mill: on-site, standby, process rate; 63000 t/a (fmc), and 40000 t/a (imco).
Geology: Geometry of deposits is very irregular because of faulting and folding.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
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ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10271105 |
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