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Maverick Canyon

Occurrence in Elko 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046007
MRDS ID M233913
Record type Site
Current site name Maverick Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61255, 41.05963 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pequop Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
037N 065E 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61255, 41.05963
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSES, BEDDED
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pequop

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MICS WELLS AMS FILE (1979) U.S.B.M.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N. NEVADA & NW UTAH, VOL 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE LENSES, VEINS, REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE LENSE IN N 1/2 NE 1/4 IS FLAT LYING, ABOUT 3 FT THICK, AND MORE THAN 100 FT LONG, CONTAINS LIMESTONE REMNANTS THROUGHOUT (S.P. CO, P 126) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit BARITE REPLACEMENTS OF LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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