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Rim Rock 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149662
MAS/MILS ID 320150620
Record type Site
Current site name Rim Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.8489, 40.7233 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stony Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033 N 045 E 24 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE RIMROCK & RIMROCK EXTENSION CLAIM GROUPS WERE LOCATED BY J.M. EDGER & ASSOC. IN 1977. PRODUCTION FROM 1979 TO 1982 BY MILCHEM, INC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.8489, 40.7233
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Duane Porter And Donald Meissner
    ID 2601516
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • No longer producing as of 2012 (Miller, 2013)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

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

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, NBMG, 1980, P 33

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1988-09-27 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/27/1982
MSHA mine ID2601516
Mine name (MSHA)Rimrock Properties
Current operatorEdgar-Morgan Mining Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Nevada Barite Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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