Barite Perkins Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046370
MRDS ID M241513
Record type Site
Current site name Barite Perkins Prospect
Alternate or previous names Barite No. 1 and 2 Claims
Related records 10125342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.30471, 36.9722 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davidson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 069E 20 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MORMON MOUNTAINS JUST SOUTH OF THE S. FORK OF TOQUOPWASH. G-E-M REPORT GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 29 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.30471, 36.9722

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 70SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Body.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1979
Discoverer Murray Perkins (Locator Of Claims)

Mining district

District name Gourd Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 7-FT DEEP EXPLORATION PIT

Comments on development

  • VISITED BY PAPKE IN APRIL, 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 70, P.176, PL.1.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1984, BARITE IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 98, P. 104, PL. I, II

  • Deposit

    MORMON MOUNTAINS G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VEIN OF FE-STAINED BARITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A PEGMATITE. BOTH THE VEIN AND THE PEGMATITE TREND NW DIP 70 SW, CROSSCUTTING SCHIST. VEIN CONSISTS OF BARITE, IRON OXIDES AND A LITTLE QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 La Pointe, D.D. (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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