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Nelson 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295090
MAS/MILS ID 0320110040
Record type Site
Current site name Nelson Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Lynn Creek Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.22032, 40.81021 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schroeder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 051 E 27 E2E2NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDYES MAP MF-304, 1972.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-1992 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.

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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.