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Longshot Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104133
MRDS ID M242971
Record type Site
Current site name Longshot Mine
Alternate or previous names Cottonwood Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.14259, 40.89212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 2.2 MILES EAST OF THE CONFLUENCE OF COTTONWOOD AND MAGGIE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swales Mountain NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 35N 52E 28 E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.8 MILE EAST OF THE BOUNDARY OF EUREKA AND ELKO COUNTIES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1983)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Fe Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Vinini Formation;Unknown Western Or Transitional Facies Carbonate
    Rock description Vinini Formation;Unknown Western Or Transitional Facies Carbonate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.14259, 40.89212
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mountain Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Marked By Jasperoid

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOIDAL
    Strike N10W
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A BARITE UNIT OCCURS IN MUDSTONES, CHERTS AND LIMESTONES OF THE ORDIVICIAN VININI FM. (?). THE UNIT IS 12' THICK AND STRIKES N10W, 40W. PART OF THE UNIT IS GOOD QUALITY, THE REST IS COMPRISED OF GOSSAN AND JASPEROID THAT CONTAINS SOME BARITE, AND BRECCIATED MUDSTON AND IGNEOUS ROCK. THE BARITE IS THEIN BEDDED, YELLOW BRIWN IN COLOR AND FETID. SOME LARGE, RADIATING CRYSTALS ARE PRESENT LOCALLY AND FEOXS ARE ABUNDANT ON FRACTURE SURFACES. MONOR QUARTZ IS PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Swales Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mulnaney, Richard K. - Manager
    Home office P.O. Box 23, Crescent Valley, Nv 89821
    First year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Price D. Montrose
    First year 1978

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.005HA
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 2.44M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on development

  • A 30 X 20' OPEN PIT REACHIN A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 8; ALSO A JIG PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K. BARITE DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NBMG BULL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Bents, J. (Papke, K.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1989 Taylor, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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