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Unnamed #1/Unknown

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Strontium, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046010
MRDS ID M233917
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed #1/Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.71033, 41.29713 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wine Cup Ranch SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 064E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Strontium Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nevada Formation
    Rock description Nevada Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.71033, 41.29713
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BRECCIA ZONE IS CEMENTED & PARTLY REPLACED BY BARITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Mountain (Area)

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B (1980) FIELD EXAMINATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA ZONE CEMENTED & PARTIALLY REPLACED BY BARITE
Deposit WORK CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS DRIVEN ALONG A 10 FT WIDE BRECCIA ZONE WITHIN THE LIMESTONE. THE TWO ADITS ARE SHOWN ALONG THE EAST SLOPE, AT THE MID POINT OF THE BLACK MTN. RANGE, ON THE WINE CUP RANCH SW 7 1/2 FT QUAD 1967. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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