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Allen Mine

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106931
MRDS ID M233797
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27028, 39.64889 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Airy NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(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 021N 042E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation
    Rock description Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27028, 39.64889
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • THINLY BEDDED, FEOX STAINED, HIGHLY FAULTED & FRACTURED BEDS OF CHERT, SILT/MUDSTONE, AND SHALES, VALMY FM-ORD. OVERLAIN BY VOLCANIC TUFFACEOUS MATERIAL, CUT WITH QTZ AND BARITE VEINS. BARITE CRYSTALS ALSO OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES IN OXIDIZED ROCK. ENTIRE WORKS APP. 5 ACRES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Mining district

District name Ravenswood

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elsie Allen, William Walts, Deon And Geraldine Mills

Comments on the production information

  • Not a producer as of 2012 (Miller, 2013)

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, LEACH PADS, CRUSHER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

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

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ FIELD EXAMINATION, NOV 15, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1982-08-01 Martin, Paul (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 2013-07-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey no longer producing

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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