Lakes-Beacon Barite Mill

Past Producer in Eureka 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197264
MAS/MILS ID 0320119004
Record type Site
Current site name Lakes-Beacon Barite Mill
Alternate or previous names Eisenman Mill, Eisenmann Mill, Lakes Barite Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -116.20922, 40.8777 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swales Mountain NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035 N 051 E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1975

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eisenmann Chemical Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
    First year 1975
    Last year 1980
  • Type Operator
    Owner Barite Mining Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
    First year 1981
    Last year 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1986, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1985, P. 27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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