Gordon Barite

Prospect in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197598
MAS/MILS ID 0320030493
Record type Site
Current site name Gordon Barite
Alternate or previous names Lagarto Prospect, River Mtns. Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.83893, 36.0056 (WGS84)
Elevation 744
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Beach(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 S 064 E 33 NWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.83893, 36.0056

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Municipality

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 98, 1984, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P.8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-FEB-93 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

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