Unknown Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037578
MRDS ID M035546
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17122, 38.03437 (WGS84)
Elevation 2280
Relative position 2 MI. SE OF MILLER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 034E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SINGLE PROSPECT .6 MI. EAST OF MAXFIELD MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.17122, 38.03437

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Horse

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION AND DATA PROBABLY FROM TOPO. MAP. CLOSEST DESCRIBED DEPOSITS ARE FOR BA BUT NO COMMODITY DATA ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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