Nevada · Esmeralda County
Producer

Blue Dick Mine

Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States
Barium-BariteLeadSilverGold
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Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite, Lead, Silver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlThrust Fault; Faults, Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Galena, Gold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Campito;Deep Springs
Associated rockGranite
StructureColumbia Mountain Fault;
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10047148
MRDS IDM242400
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Sites 1125, 1126 and 1127, President Wilson Claims Nos. 1-6, Junetta, Daisy, Wild Rose Claims.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.45778, -117.55083
References
1922, REPORT ON BLUEDICK MINE SUBMITTED TO TONOPAH MINING CO.: NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 5.NOTTI, TONY T., 1965, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE LIDA AND PALMETTO MINING DISTRICTS: NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 6.NBMG BULL 78, PL.2.QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 3 JUNE 1982.ROOT, W.A., 1909, "THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA"; MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, P.123-125.Miller, M., 2013, Barite, in Industrial Minerals Review 2012: Mining Engineering, v. 65, no. 7, p. 41-42.NOTTI, T.T., 1965.UNKNOWN, 1922, NBMG FILE 95, ITEMS