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Nelson Barite Mine

Past Producer in Eureka 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044715
MRDS ID M232288
Record type Site
Current site name Nelson Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Maggie Creek Mine, Lynn Creek Barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.22036, 40.81047 (WGS84)
Relative position 26 MI NW OF CARLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schroeder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 051E 27 Nevada

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 > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Roberts Mtn. Formation
    Rock description Roberts Mtn. Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtn Thrust Falut Outcrops 1 Mile To The East
Type of structure Local
Structure description Working Along Ne Trending S Dipping Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE VEINS OCCUR IN SHALEY LIMESTONE, IN LOWER PLATE OF ROBERTS MTN. THRUST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Maggie Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERT, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 272, REF. NO 3201100040, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 06.011

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ALONG FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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