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Qiroux Barite Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046122
MRDS ID M234087
Record type Site
Current site name Qiroux Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.214, 38.1466 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belleville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.214, 38.1466
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 60SW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS ORDOVICIAN CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956

Mining district

District name Not In Named District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Qiroux, L. D. And R. J.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN 1956.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 58

  • Production

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACROSS A 40-FT-WIDTH, BARITE AND SOME CHERT FOR A LENGTH OF AT LEAST 300 FT; TO THE WEST THE BARITE THINS AND STRINGS OUT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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