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Marvel

Past Producer in Elko 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045147
MRDS ID M232816
Record type Site
Current site name Marvel
Alternate or previous names Jones Marvel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.19371, 41.13407 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.8 MILES NE OF LAKE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 051E 01 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 > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE IS A BEDDED TYPE DEPOSIT, REPLACING LST. LENSES IN STRATA OF THE WESTERN FACIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Year of first production 1962

Mining district

District name Beaver

Comments on the production information

  • BARITE WAS PRODUCED IN 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M.(1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M.(1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE REPLACES LIMESTONE LENSES
Deposit BARITE WAS PRODUCED IN 1962.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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