Bluestone

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125607
MAS/MILS ID 0320230717
Record type Site
Current site name Bluestone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.81841, 38.90323 (WGS84)
Elevation 2440
Location accuracy 100(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 012 N 046 E 05 SESESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nl Industries, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL,V.E., 1951.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA BULLETIN 50, PP. 135-138

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, P.R., POOLE,F.G., AND BROBST,D.A.,1967

  • Deposit

    BEDDED BARITE IN EAST NORTHUMBERLAND CANYON,

  • Deposit

    NYE COUNTY, NEVADA

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 555, 8P.

  • Deposit

    SHAWE,D.R., POOLE,F.G., AND BROBST,D.A., 1969

  • Deposit

    NEWLY DISCOVERED BEDDED BARITE DEPOSITS IN EAST

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY IN THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY

  • Deposit

    OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS, VOL. 64, NO. 3, PP. 245

  • Deposit

    -254

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES, #0320230717.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-87 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.