1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Jumbo Barite Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159926
MAS/MILS ID 0320230185
Record type Site
Current site name Jumbo Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Glidden Paint, Jumbo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.7015, 38.07414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stone Cabin Ranch SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 047 E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.7015, 38.07414
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Geo Drilling Fluids
    ID 2601810
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 99B, 1984, P. 90-91.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-1996 Satkoski, Jack J. 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 08/02/1982
MSHA mine ID2601810
Mine name (MSHA)Jumbo Mine
Current operatorGeo Drilling Fluids Inc
Current controller (parent)GEO International
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.

Open MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System for inspections, accidents, and violations for this mine.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.