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Black Stone Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246237
MAS/MILS ID 320150632
Record type Site
Current site name Black Stone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.8011, 40.3244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferris Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 046 E 4 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.8011, 40.3244
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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 Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Morris And Bodam Mining
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • No longer producing as of 2012 (Miller, 2013)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Miller, M., 2013, Barite, in Industrial Minerals Review 2012: Mining Engineering, v. 65, no. 7, p. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, P.31

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUMINES AND GEOLOGY. THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1981: SPL PUB MI-1981, 1982, 40 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN ACTIVE SINCE 1982 (TO 1987)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1995-03-23 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 2013-07-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey no longer producing

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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