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Unnamed 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037554
MRDS ID M035500
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.06733, 38.14465 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 2 MI. SE OF CANDELARIA MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(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 003N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION OF BARITE MINE .8 MI. SE OF MOUNT DIABLO MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Feo Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.06733, 38.14465
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MED. TO COARSE TEXTURE, SOME MATERIAL CLOSELY PACKED LAMELLAR CRYSTALS UP TO 1.5 INCHES LONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1930'S - 40'S

Mining district

District name Candelaria

Comments on the workings information

  • BARITE REMOVED FROM SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEV., NEV. BUREA OF MINES, BULL. 56

  • Production

    PAGE (F1)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FILLED TENSION FRACTURES

Reporter information

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

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