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Unnamed Barite

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044720
MRDS ID M232295
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.30536, 40.36019 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thatcher Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 029N 050E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Country Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Frenchie Creek Rhyolite
    Rock description Frenchie Creek Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Frenchie Creek Rhyolite
    Rock description Frenchie Creek Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.30536, 40.36019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE OCCURS AS ANASTOMOSING SUBVERTICLE VEINS AS WIDE AS 15 INCHES IN A VERTICLE SHEAR ZONE, 50 FEET WIDE STRIKING N85E. BARITE ALSO OCCURS IN COARSELY CRYSTALLINE VUGGY MASSES IN LOWER CRET. ADAMELLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moderelli-Frenchie Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHAFT (BOTH NOW INACCESSIBLE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 83, REFERENCE NO. 3201100200

  • Deposit

    MUFFLER L.J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, NEV., USGS BULL 1179

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF AND ADIT AND SHAFT BOTH NOW INACCESSIBLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE, BEARING BARITE

Reporter information

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

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