Lakes Barite Mill

Producer in Eureka 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 10222735
MAS/MILS ID 0320119007
Record type Site
Current site name Lakes Barite Mill
Alternate or previous names Coyote Mill, Patsy Ann Jig Plant, Eisenman Mill, Lakes-Beacon Barite Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -116.22902, 40.8641 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schroeder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 051 E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -116.22902, 40.8641

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Unichem Minerals
    ID 2601672
    Home office Nevada
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eisenman Chemical Co.
    ID 2601672
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Barite Mining, Inc.
    ID 2601672
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION 1977, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1976, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DIV. MINE INSPECTION 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P. 22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-92 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/30/1982
MSHA mine ID2601672
Mine name (MSHA)Patsy Ann Claims
Current operatorUnichem Minerals Inc
Current controller (parent)Brown Cecil
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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