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Old Soldier Mine

Past Producer in Nye 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044317
MRDS ID M231714
Record type Site
Current site name Old Soldier Mine
Alternate or previous names Bluestone, Pine Tree, Long Climb, Hailstone Claims.
Related records 10198643

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.86981, 38.97493 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position IN WEST NORTHUMBERLAND CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
013N 045E 11,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE TOWNSHIP RANGE AND SECTION PROJECTED FROM WEST-APPR0X.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Slaven Chert
    Rock description Slaven Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.86981, 38.97493
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic, In Siliceous And Brecciated Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDED BARITE IN DEEP-WATER-DEPOSITED ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discoverer Robert And Frances Kunkel; Gerald And Joyce Dalton; Roger Lillibridge,(Locaters)
Year of first production 1964

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Standard Slag Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 10477, Reno Nv 89510
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner National Lead ; All Minerals,
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • THE 1968 PRODUCTION WAS MINED BY UNITED EXPLORATION, INC. THE 1975 PRODUCTION WAS MINED BY ALL MINERALS, INC. 1967-68, UNITED EXPLORATION, INC., JOINTLY OWNED BY UNITED MINERALS INC. AND JADE OIL & GAS, PRODUCED 200-300 TPD HIGH-PURITE BARITE. OLD SOLDIER MINING CO. MINED CHEMICAL OR PAINT-GRADE BARITE IN 1972, 1973, AND 1974. STANDARD SLAG BEGAN MINING 500 TPD IN 1976. ALL-MINERALS INC. ALSO MAY HAVE MINED MORE THAN 65000 TONS BARITE IN 1975.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT (?)

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY STRIPPING AND DRILLING IN THE EARLY 1960'SLISTED AS ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE IN 1981 EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 931, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, MAY 10, 1980, P.22.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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