1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

West Section 14 Prospect

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Perlite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
E
Warning: This record lacks important information: bibliographic references, which we consider necessary for a comprehensive report.
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037653
MRDS ID M035814
Record type Site
Current site name West Section 14 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.05514, 38.64658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position APPROX. 13 MI. SE OF WELLINGTON, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 026E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SINGLE PROSPECT PIT 2 MI EAST OF ROCKLAND MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.05514, 38.64658
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson - Pine Grove

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.