| Abstract: | Bedded barite has been identified in the course of stratigraphic studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in and near East Northumberland Canyon, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nev. The barite beds are interlayered in black chert of probable Ordovician age. The barite rock is mostly dark gray and massive, has a specific gravity averaging about 4.0, and contains, by chemical analysis, 70.7 to 93.9 percent BaSO4. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 3454 |
| Citation Author: | Shawe, Daniel R.; Poole, F. G.; Brobst, Donald Albert |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 8 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
| Citation Series: | Circular |
| Citation Series Code: | CIR |
| Citation Series Number: | 555 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Bedded barite in East Northumberland Canyon, Nye County, Nevada; 1967; CIR; 555; Shawe, Daniel R.; Poole, F. G.; Brobst, Donald Albert |
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| Citation Year: | 1967 |
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| Text: | Bedded barite in East Northumberland Canyon, Nye County, Nevada; 1967; CIR; 555; Shawe, Daniel R.; Poole, F. G.; Brobst, Donald Albert |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1967/0555/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1967/0555/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |