Red Horse Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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 10173873
MAS/MILS ID 0320130084
Record type Site
Current site name Red Horse Mine
Alternate or previous names Sander S Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.30766, 41.10019 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red House Flat West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037 N 041 E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.30766, 41.10019

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Milchem Inc, P O Box 272, Battle Mountain, Nv 89820
    ID 2601660
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NEV IND MIN (1973) P 20

  • Deposit

    BARITE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE-CHERT (ORDOVICIAN)

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED MAY 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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 05/31/1981
MSHA mine ID2601660
Mine name (MSHA)Redhouse Mine
Current operatorMilchem Inc
Current controller (parent)Baker Hughes 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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