BLM Starts Public Comment Phase for Big Ledge Mine …
The Bureau of Land Management Wells Field Office has prepared an Environmental Assessment titled "Big Ledge Mine Plan Amendment" to analyze the impacts of multiple Plan of Operations …
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BLM Signs Decision on Big Ledge Mine Amendment …
ELKO, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Wells Field Office (WFO) issued a Decision Record (DR) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the …
Nevada Excellence in Mine Reclamation
Purpose: "to recognize and share examples of successes in the areas of reclamation, closure, planning, and wildlife protection and enhancement in Nevada"
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The Big Ledge Mine, operated by NOV, is located in Elko County. Barite was mined by a previous operator between 1978 and 1983; this activity predated NV mining reclamation regulations.
Elko County project receives 2021 reclamation award
Spirit Minerals was developing Big Ledge in about 2006 and mined in 2007 and 2008, with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management approval of Spirit's plan of operations in 2007.
Spirit Minerals Launches Nevada Barite Project
Spirit Minerals LP of Houston, TX has begun mining barite and the construction of a processing plant in Elko County, NV. The company 's Big Ledge mine, that was...
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A worldwide company that supports the oil and gas industries, NOV Inc., has received the Nevada Excellence in Mine Reclamation Award for 2021 for reclamation work at the Big Ledge barite …
Barite's resurgence: Spirit Minerals capitalizes on …
Spirit Minerals LP, a subsidiary of the Corpus Christi, Texas-based Manti Resources, has capitalized on this need with its recently opened Big Ledge barite mine, located roughly 40 miles northwest ...
Assessment for Elko barite mine completed
ELKO - The Bureau of Land Management Elko Field Office has published an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Spirit Minerals, LP to mine and process barite at the Big Ledge Project …
Barite in 2021, tables-only release | U.S. Geological Survey
Advance data tables (XLSX format) for the barite chapter of the Minerals Yearbook 2021. A version with an embedded text document and also a PDF of text and tables will follow.