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Fillipini Clipper Mine

Past Producer 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. Geologic structures
  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 10044878
MRDS ID M232498
Record type Site
Current site name Fillipini Clipper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.83917, 40.23972 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Pass(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 046E 6 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation
    Rock description Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.83917, 40.23972
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Cut By Imbricate Thrusts & Tertiary Rhyolite Plugs
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic In Chert, Shale, Argillite, Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bullion

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • No longer producing barite as of 2012. (Miller, 2013)

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE BARIT MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Miller, M., 2013, Barite, in Industrial Minerals Review 2012: Mining Engineering, v. 65, no. 7, p. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K, (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 518 REFERENCE NO. 3201500240

  • Deposit

    STEWART J, MCKEE E. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARILO LAKE QUAD, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP

  • Deposit

    KETNER K.B. (1965) ECONOMIC GEOLOGY & TECTONICS OF THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE RANGE, USGS PP 465

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE, SHALE, OR CHERT BEDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1980-12-01 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 2013-07-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey no longer producing

Beyond USGS

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