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Barium Mining Co. Prospect

Occurrence 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037619
MRDS ID M035661
Record type Site
Current site name Barium Mining Co. Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.38289, 38.5702 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position APPROX. 13 MI. NE OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 032E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PINK BARITE POSSIBLY DUE TO IMPURITIES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 65 W
    Length 76.2M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRACES OF SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED IN THE VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Comments on the workings information

  • INITIALLY TWO SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS, POSSIBLY MORE WORK DONE SINCE 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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