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Firecracker Barite Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222305
MAS/MILS ID 0320110170
Record type Site
Current site name Firecracker Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.39951, 39.84852 (WGS84)
Elevation 2220
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Bar Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 050 E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.39951, 39.84852
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE K.G., 1984, BARITE IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 98, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATION

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING 1979, NV INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, APRIL 1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE AND ROBERTS WSA MLA REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-87 Benjamin 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

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