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Unknown Prospect #2

Occurrence 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044828
MRDS ID M232438
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.76205, 40.60546 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bateman Spring(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 046E 35 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.76205, 40.60546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit In Area Of Numerous Imbricate Thrusts Associated With The Major Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND, BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE BEDDED BARITE HAS REPLACED HORIZONS OF THE SLAVEN CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Argenta

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 189, REFERENCE NO. 3201500058

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE BEDDED BARITE HAS REPLACED HORIZONS IN SLAVEN CHERT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey

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