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Horton Barite Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044942
MRDS ID M232584
Record type Site
Current site name Horton Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39902, 40.96739 (WGS84)
Relative position 4-SMILES EAST OF GOLCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N;036N 040E;041E 36;30,31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF AREA OF NEW WORKINGS

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
    Rock unit name Preble Formation
    Rock description Preble Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39902, 40.96739
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Westbar Mining Co, James D. Edgar, President
    Home office P. O. Box 1210, Battle Mountain, Nv 89820 .
    First year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE IN 1980, EMP.OYING 5 PERSONS. OWNED AND OPERATED IN 1980 BY CHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM CORP OF AMERICA. BY 1984, OWNERSHIP HAD CHANGED TO WESTBAR,-WHO WERE STILL OPERATING THE OPEN PIT MINE EMPLOYING 5 WORKERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, FIELD COMMENTS

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B. AND PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B., 1984, IN NBMG MI-1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT BARITE MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 5 PERSONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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