Sansenina Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246469
MAS/MILS ID 0320110218
Record type Site
Current site name Sansenina Mine
Alternate or previous names Sansima Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.51813, 40.57711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
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

The Geysers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 048 E 12 W2SWNW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA REPORTS PROPERTY LOCATED IN SEC 11, NEV INSPECTOR OF MINES REPORTS LOCATION IN SEC 12.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.51813, 40.57711

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OR MINES, JUNE 30, 1978, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDER YEAR 1977, OFFICE

  • Deposit

    OF STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE INSPECTION INFORMATION, INSPECTION DATE AUG 8-9,78

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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