USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Blue Dick Mine
Mindat Confirmed Barium-Barite Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Barium-Barite
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- NBMG Sample Sites 1125, 1126 and 1127, President Wilson Claims Nos. 1-6, Junetta, Daisy, Wild Rose Claims.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Columbia Mountain Fault; Alteration: Silicification Deposit: Veins along faults, fractures and fault contacts between lithologies barite stockpiled on a bench 500 ft below main adit ; 1 pub lit Development: Owners living on the property 1…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 500 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 6 shaft symbols
- 7 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ts, fractures and fault contacts between lithologies barite stockpiled on a bench 500 ft below main adit ; 1 pub lit Development: Own…
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Barite
- Galena
- Gold
- Baryte
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
View all 11 reported minerals
- Quartz
- Barite
- Galena
- Gold
- Baryte
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Galena
- Native Gold
- Quartz
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (6)
- mapped adit symbols (7)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60831
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
- underground workings
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Historical mapped workings available
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