Queen Lode Barite

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045150
MRDS ID M232819
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Lode Barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43149, 41.05546 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Renia Fields(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 049E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.43149, 41.05546

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bootstrap

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tom Norris, Contractor
    Home office P.O. Box 231, Battle Mountain, Nv, 89820
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1978; ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE IN 1980 EMPLOYING 10 PERSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1979, DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1978

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1980.

  • Production

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, (1979) (1981)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE IN 1978; ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 10 PERSONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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