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Kuhel Barite Deposit

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047411
MRDS ID M242710
Record type Site
Current site name Kuhel Barite Deposit
Related records 10222067

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39972, 41.03944 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position IN SOUTHERN PART OF OSGOOD MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anderson Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 041E 31 NEAR CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Osgood Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Osgood Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39972, 41.03944
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40-50E
    Dip MODERATE TO STEEP
    Length 25M
    Width 3.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Potosi District; Getchell District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pauline Kuhel
    First year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • As of 2012, no longer producing (Miller, 2013)

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE STRIPPED PLACES IN AN AREA ABOUT 90 M IN DIAMETER

Comments on development

  • SMALL TONNAGE OF STOCKPILED ORE; SOME MINING IN 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Miller, M., 2013, Barite, in Industrial Minerals Review 2012: Mining Engineering, v. 65, no. 7, p. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1984, NBMG BULL 98, BARITE IN NEVADA, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE IS POORLY EXPOSED IN 2 OR POSSIBLY 3 VEINS. THE INDIVIDUAL VEINS OR SEGMENTS CAN EACH BE TRACED AS FAR AS 25 M, STRIKE N 40-50E. OTHER EXPOSURES IN THE STRIPPED AREAS SHOW OR SUGGEST THAT SMALLER BARITE BODIES ARE ALSO PRESENT. THE BARITE IS WHITE TO VERY LIGHT GRAY, FINE TO COARSE-GRAINED AND CONTAINS A SMALL AMOUNT OF QUARTZ AND MICA AS IMPURITIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1986-03-01 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 2013-07-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey no longer producing

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