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Bacon Barite Mine

Past Producer in Elko 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. 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 10197720
MAS/MILS ID 320070888
Record type Site
Current site name Bacon Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.2331, 41.13 (WGS84)
Elevation 2109
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037 N 051 E 3 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN N 1/2 AND SW 1/4 SEC.3, AND SEC.4 T 37 N R 51 E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.2331, 41.13
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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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peabody Calada
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Geo Drilling Fluids
    Year 1988

Comments on the production information

  • No longer producing as of 2012 (Miller, 2013)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

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

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, NBMG, 1980, PG. 27.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1984, BARITE IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 98, P.57

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING CLAIM RECORDATION 1-29-88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1988-07-20 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 2013-07-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey no longer producing

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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