Barium Queen Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212581
MRDS ID W024739
MAS/MILS ID 0060710393
Record type Site
Current site name Barium Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Barium Queen
Related records 10077231

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.97307, 34.93331 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nebo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 001 W 27 NWNENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.97307, 34.93331

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 393, P. 133.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 67.

  • Deposit

    NO. 63

  • Deposit

    DURRELL, CORDELL, 1954, BARITE DEPOSITS NEAR BARSTOW,

  • Deposit

    SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 39, P. 4-5, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    DIBBLEE, T. W., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAGGETT

  • Deposit

    QUADRANGLE, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS

  • Deposit

    MAP I-592, SCALE 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930, SAN BERNARDINO

  • Deposit

    COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES 26TH REPORT OF THE

  • Deposit

    STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 26, NO. 3, P. 297.

  • Deposit

    BUCHANAN, L. J., 1987, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN DETACHMENT

  • Deposit

    TERRANES, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN ARIZONA IN

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, J. L., ED. BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES - GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD TRIPS:

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA 1987 SYMPOSIUM, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    GAMBEL, J., AND DANEHY, E. A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF TOWNSHIP 10 NORTH, RANGE LAND 2 WEST -

  • Deposit

    SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTHER PACIFIC LAND COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    (UNPUBLISHED MAP), NO. X-0102-10, SCALE 1:24,000. IN

  • Deposit

    PART AFTER BOWEN (1954), AND MCCULLOH (1956).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-AUG-1993 Rumsey, Clayton M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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