Burrus Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Silver
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150617
MAS/MILS ID 0320310113
Record type Site
Current site name Burrus Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.61321, 39.85879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moses Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 021 E 15 NESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.61321, 39.85879

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORTS THIS PROPERTY

  • Deposit

    STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NEV BUR OF MINES & GEOL. BULL.

  • Deposit

    70, 1970, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, ANDY B., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PYRAMID DISTRICT, SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA: PH.D.,

  • Deposit

    UNIV OF NEVADA, RENO, 1975, PP. 75,79,80-82, 87,113,116.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-1993 Ridenour, James 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.