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Barium Prospects

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037442
MRDS ID M035227
Record type Site
Current site name Barium Prospects
Alternate or previous names Shirly, Snowflake, Sunshine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.35345, 38.39603 (WGS84)
Elevation 1795
Relative position SO. GARFIELD HILLS, 4.5 MI. SW OF MABLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mable Mountain(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)

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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 033E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GROUP OF 5 WIDELY SPACED PROSPECTS, NW SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARITE BODIES ARE MASSIVE ACCUMULATIONS OF TABULAR AND BLOCKY CRYSTALS, UP TO TWO INCHES ACROSS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.35345, 38.39603
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED PODS & VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LARGEST PODS SEVERAL FEET ACROSS AND THE LONGEST VEINS ARE EXPOSED FOR SEVERAL TENS OF FEET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garfield

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES OVER A ZONE THAT EXTENDS FOR ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE NORTH AND SOUTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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