Nevada · Elko County
Plant

Snoose Mine

Elko County, Nevada, United States
Barium-Barite
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Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsBarite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1979
Discovery year1978
Identification
Deposit ID10125046
Alternate namesSnoose Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.38321, -114.97229
References
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