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Hand L Mine

Past Producer in Lander 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044824
MRDS ID M232432
Record type Site
Current site name Hand L Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.73287, 40.54796 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 046E 24 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 > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Slaven Chert
    Rock description Slaven Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.73287, 40.54796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, STRATABOUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Argenta

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL A.W. (1977) GEOLOGY OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEV., MS THESIS UNR

  • Deposit

    STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Production

    MITCHELL, A.W., 1977

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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