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Crystal Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103608
MRDS ID M035652
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mine
Alternate or previous names Kinkaid Barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.41789, 38.53659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position APPROX. 11 MI. EAST OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 032E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE 1) 87.27 % BASO4 , S. G. 4.15 2) 78.56% BASO4 , S. G. 3.84

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.41789, 38.53659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip SW
    Length 182.88M
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A CU - STAINED SHEAR TRENDS PARALLEL TO THE BA VEIN ALONG ITS NW END

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank W. Lewis

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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