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Bald Mountain Prospects

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150415
MAS/MILS ID 0320230569
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Mountain Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.04922, 38.57553 (WGS84)
Elevation 2646
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 044 E 04 C S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.04922, 38.57553
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.K., 1924, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723,

  • Deposit

    P. 78, 79, 97, 136, 137.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, R.C., 1964, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 65, P. 178-179.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDED IN THE AX NOS. 1-19 CLAIMS IN 1990 BY ROBERT SAYRE. FLUORITE AND BARITE ARE MINOR ACCESSORY MINERALS AND ARE NOT IMPORTANT AT THIS SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUL-1996 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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