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Water Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Semiprecious Gemstone
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295599
MRDS ID W000021
MAS/MILS ID 0320230697
Record type Site
Current site name Water Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Monitor 1-26
Related records 10067314

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.80031, 38.94073 (WGS84)
Elevation 2423
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 046 E 28 CW2NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.80031, 38.94073
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1979
Year of first production 1980

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • MINED BY OLD SOLDIER MINING CO. IN 1980 AND PRODUCED ABOUT 100,000 TONS. MILCHEM WAS LEASOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1978. NEVADA INDUSTRIAL

  • Deposit

    COMMISSION, JAN., 1979, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    POPKE, K. G., 1984, BARITE IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 98, P. 111-112.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-OCT-1994 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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