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Bald Mountain Barite

Occurrence 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044677
MRDS ID M232239
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Mountain Barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69232, 40.03435 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wenban Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 047E Nevada

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
    Rock unit name Slaven Chert
    Rock description Slaven Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69232, 40.03435
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM, BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cortez District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER CUTS, DRILLHOLES

Comments on development

  • CONSIDERABLE PROSPECTING DONE BY BULL DOZER AND DRILLING OF A LARGE BODY OF BEDDED BARITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY J., & MASURSKY H. (1965) GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ QUARDRANGLE, USGS BULL 1175

  • Deposit

    STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL. 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE REPLACING SLAVEN CHERT
Deposit THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE PROSPECTING BOTH BY BULLDOZER AND DRILL OF A LARGE BODY OF BEDDED REPLACEMENT BARITE IN THE SLAVEN CHERT OF THE BOLD MTN AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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