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Unnamed Perlite Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042477
MRDS ID M060282
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Perlite Prospect
Related records 10222068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47376, 40.30878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1775

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arabia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 030E 09 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trinity District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY OF 1955-61, V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO; P.50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO LARGE PERLITE MASSES IN RHYOLITE PLUG DOME. NORTHERN MOST BODY IS 1200 FT BY 400 FT WITH MINIMUM THICKNESS OF 40 FT.; HALF OF MASS APPEARS TO BE GOOD QUALITY PERLITE. SOUTHERN MOST BODY IS 30-40 FT. OF GOOD QUALITY PERLITE. DEPOSIT IS A POTENTIALLY COMMERCIAL SOURCE OF PERLITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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