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Miller Mine

Past Producer in Lander 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 10173933
MAS/MILS ID 320150613
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Mine
Alternate or previous names D.A.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.7375, 40.5386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1569
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Canyon(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 046 E 25 N2C Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED IN SEC. 24 AND CLOSE TO SEC. 25.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.7375, 40.5386
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • No production as of 2012 (Miller, 2013)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Miller, M., 2013, Barite, in Industrial Minerals Review 2012: Mining Engineering, v. 65, no. 7, p. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1977. NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, JUNE 30, 1978, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, A., WALLACE, GEOL OF SOME BEDDED BARITE DEPS NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA, U NEV RENO, MAY 1974. SEE FIG.69 IN NEVADA BULLETIN 98, P.86.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1984, BARITE IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL.98, P.85, 86

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN NEVADA, VOLUME 1, P.123.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1988-09-27 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 2013-07-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey no longer producing

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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