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Leisa Nos. 1 and 2

Past Producer in Nye 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125425
MAS/MILS ID 0320231082
Record type Site
Current site name Leisa Nos. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.78311, 38.91933 (WGS84)
Elevation 2246
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 046 E 34 C SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.78311, 38.91933
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINED PRIOR TO 1988 BY ARROYO MINERALS MINING COMPANY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 10,000 TONS OF BARITE REMAIN. IT APPEARS THAT THE BARITE WAS BULLDOZED OVER THE LOWER SIDE OF THE PIT AND SCOOPED UP SOME 50 TO 70 FEET BELOW, THAT THE TERMINUS OF THE HAUL ROAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-94 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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