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Bedded barite in East Northumberland Canyon, Nye County, Nevada

January 1, 1967

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.

Publication Year 1967
Title Bedded barite in East Northumberland Canyon, Nye County, Nevada
DOI 10.3133/cir555
Authors Daniel R. Shawe, F. G. Poole, Donald Albert Brobst
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Circular
Series Number 555
Index ID cir555
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse