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Queen Ann Pit

Past Producer in Eureka 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. Geologic structures
  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 10044716
MRDS ID M232289
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Ann Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.18259, 40.8424 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schroeder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 051E 12 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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Vinini Formation
    Rock description Vinini Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.18259, 40.8424
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtn. Thrust

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IN UPPER PLATE OF ROBERTS MTN THRUST, WHICH OUTCROPS NEARBY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Maggie Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SOME UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF BARITE PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 280, REFERENCE NO. 3201100047

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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