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Maxfield Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046884
MRDS ID M242109
Record type Site
Current site name Maxfield Mine
Alternate or previous names Bechtel Claims, Barite King and Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18372, 38.03521 (WGS84)
Elevation 2280
Relative position 2 MILES S OF MILLER MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 034E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT AT END OF JEEP TRAIL IN NW 1/4 SECTION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18372, 38.03521
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTERSPERSED IN SKARN ARE OXIDIZED AND FRESH MASSES OF MOLYBDENITE AND POSSIBLY HUEBNERITE-FERRERITE, ABUNDANT CALCITE, MINOR DENDRITIC PYROLOSITE; COMMONLY FE STAINED AND ALMOST GOSSANY, SOME BOXWORK, MINOR CO STAINING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Horse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS, STOPES AND OPEN CUTS WORKING FALCON A TREND OF N60E ON A SPINE OF OUT COPPING TACTITE.

Comments on development

  • GENERAL AREA HAS BEEN DRILLED, WITH NEW ROADS POT IN, POSSIBLY WITHIN LAST 2 YEARS. (1982)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL. 78, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, R.C., 1963, NBMG REPORT 4, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (AUG 29, 1982)

  • Production

    HORTON, R.C., 1963, P. 8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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