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Giroux Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037516
MRDS ID M035450
Record type Site
Current site name Giroux Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Summit Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21316, 38.1466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position WEST FLANK CANDELARIA HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belleville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 034E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI. SW OF CANDELARIA JUNCTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21316, 38.1466
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 55 - 60 SW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1956

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. D. And R. J. Giroux

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN, ESTIMATED AT LESS THAN 1,000 TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. L., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Production

    ROSS F1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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