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Deposit

Occurrence in Mono county in California, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031462
MRDS ID M010282
Record type Site
Current site name Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.45681, 38.58352 (WGS84)
Relative position AT EXTREME NORTHERN TIP OF COUNTY, NEAR COLEVILLE. (COLEVILLE IS IN SEC. 1, T. 8N., R. 22 E.) THIS LS IS IN 33 AND POSSIBLY OTHER SECTIONS TO NORTH 21?, 28?

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Risue Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 023E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.45681, 38.58352
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A LARGE DEPOSIT OF BARITE OCCURS AT THE NORTHERN END OF A LIMESTONE BELT WHICH BORDERS THE EASTERN SIDE OF ANTELOPE VALLEY AND FORMS A WALL FOR A FEW MILES; STRIKES N-S. SPECIMENS FROM A SMALL HOLE SHOW THIS DEPOSIT TO BE A MASSIVE WHITE PURE BARITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Walker

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 15, P. 139 AND 141; B. 173, P. 69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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