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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037572
MRDS ID M035538
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.26677, 38.0091 (WGS84)
Elevation 1929
Relative position .3 MI. NE OF BASALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basalt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 033E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST END OF LANDING STRIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomaceous Earth Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Esmeralda Formation
    Rock description Esmeralda Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.26677, 38.0091
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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