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Rossi Mine

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045151
MRDS ID M232821
Record type Site
Current site name Rossi Mine
Related records 10221439, 10310519

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.42954, 41.07462 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES NORTH OF ROUND MTN.

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)

Rock(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 .15,21,22,27 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.42954, 41.07462
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic In 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 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 production information

  • ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST BARITE PRODUCERS IN THE U.S.

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 4 MAJOR PITS

Comments on development

  • ROSSI MINE IS ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST BARITE PRODUCERS IN THE U.S. IT IS COMPOSED OF AT LEAST 4 MAJOR PITS. ACTIVE IN 1980 EMPLOYING 15 PERSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, (1981) DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING ACTIVITY-ACTIVE IN 1980.

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M.(1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ROSSI MINE IS ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST BARITE PRODUCERS IN THE U.S. IT IS SITUATED ALONG A 2 1/2 MILE NORTH TRENDING RANGE. IT IS COMPOSED OF AT LEAST FOUR MAJOR PITS. ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE IN 1980 EMPLOYING 15 PERSONS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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