Wildhorse Canyon

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222466
MAS/MILS ID 0320210147
Record type Site
Current site name Wildhorse Canyon
Alternate or previous names Curley Barite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.62096, 38.79712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ghost Dance Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 030 E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECS. 28 & 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.62096, 38.79712

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NEV IND MIN (1973) P 28

  • Deposit

    ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-21, U.S. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,

  • Deposit

    WALKER RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, NV., 1976, P. 29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.