Slaven Canyon Barite Mine

Past Producer in Lander 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246241
MAS/MILS ID 0320150324
Record type Site
Current site name Slaven Canyon Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Tiff Nos.1-19, Slaven Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.75763, 40.47351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Lewis(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 030 N 046 E 14 SESENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.75763, 40.47351

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 Elquist Mining, Inc.
    ID 2601065
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Dresser Minerals, Inc.- Southern Pacific Rr Co.
    ID 2601065
    First year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES,DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING 1979,NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,APRIL 1980,

  • Deposit

    P. 32

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. COMPILED BY \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

  • Deposit

    10 OPEN PITS IN A NE-SW TREND. MOST ARE IN SEC 14, SOME IN

  • Deposit

    SEC 13, IN SLAVEN CANYON

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1984, BARITE IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL.98, P.87

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-AUG-96 Schmauch, Steven W. 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 05/21/1984
MSHA mine ID2601065
Mine name (MSHA)Slaven Mine
Current operatorDresser Magcobar Minerals
Current controller (parent)Dresser Industries 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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