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Cougar Enterprises Inc, Golconda Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044940
MRDS ID M232581
Record type Site
Current site name Cougar Enterprises Inc, Golconda Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39902, 40.95378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position 5 MILES EAST OF GOLCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 041E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermally Altered Area

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39902, 40.95378
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cougar Enterprises Inc.
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cougar Enterprises, Inc.
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE MINE EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS IN 1980. INACTIVE IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN CALENDAR YEAR 1980

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1974,MAP GO-1174

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS ACTIVE IN 1980 AS AN OPEN-PIT MINE, EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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