Longshot Mine

Past Producer in Elko 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271052
MAS/MILS ID 320070858
Record type Site
Current site name Longshot Mine
Alternate or previous names Cottonwood Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.1381, 40.8922 (WGS84)
Elevation 1694
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

Swales Mountain NW(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)

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 035 N 052 E 28 W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.1381, 40.8922

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

Comments on the production information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES,DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Production

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

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING 1979,NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION,APRIL 1980,

  • Deposit

    P. 17

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., BARITE IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 98, P.62

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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