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Bradshaw Pits

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044876
MRDS ID M232496
Record type Site
Current site name Bradshaw Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.71889, 40.39833 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Spring Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(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 029N 047E 7 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) -116.71889, 40.39833
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrusts

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, BED REPLACEMENT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Epigenetic Hydrothermal Replacement Of Limestone, Shale, Or Chert Beds By Barium Rich Fluids Emanating From Intrusive At Depth And Travelling Along Faults, Fractures, & Bedding Planes (Ketner, 1965)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bullion

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Imco Mining Firm (Present)
    Home office Battle Mountain, Nv

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Miller, M., 2013, Barite, in Industrial Minerals Review 2012: Mining Engineering, v. 65, no. 7, p. 41-42.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 100, RECERENCE NO. 3201500253

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KETNER K.B. (196)5 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY & TECTONICS OF THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE RANGE, USGS PP 465

  • Production

    MITCHELL, A.W., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BARITE MINE IS OPERATED BY THE IMCO MINING FIRM, OUT OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1980-12-01 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 2013-07-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey no longer producing

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