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Miller Mine

Past Producer in Lander 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103992
MRDS ID M232433
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Mine
Alternate or previous names D.A. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.7376, 40.53434 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 046E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1:62500 QUADRANGLE IS A 1957 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IMPURE LOW GRADE BARITE BEDS CONTAIN PYRITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rocks Generally Unaltered. Dikes Argillized At Contacts, And Have Baked And Bleached The Enclosing Ore And Country Rock.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Slaven Formation;Slaven Formation
    Rock description Slaven Formation;Slaven Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.7376, 40.53434
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn. Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND, BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic Chert

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS OF BARITE OCCUR INTERCALATED WITH LIMESTONE AND CHERT OF THE SLAVEN FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1965

Mining district

District name Argenta

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 50,000 TONS BARITE REMOVED IN 1960'S FROM LARGE OPEN PIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • MORE THAN 50,000 TONS BARITE REMOVED FROM A LARGE OPEN PIT IN 1960'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL A.W. (1977) GEOLOGY OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEV, MS THESIS UNR

  • Deposit

    STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO, NEV, N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    USGS (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 157, REFERENCE NO 3201500064

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE INTERBEDDED WITH LIMESTONE AND CHERT
Deposit LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SHOSHONE RANGE, 7 MILES SOUTH OF THE ARGENTA. DURING THE 1960'S MORE THAN 50,000 TONS OF BARITE WAS REMOVED FROM A LARGE OPEN PIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 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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