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Florida Canyon Kaolin Prospect

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042507
MRDS ID M060321
Record type Site
Current site name Florida Canyon Kaolin Prospect
Related records 10271107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21181, 40.57211 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. N OF FLORIDA CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(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 031N 033E 12 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21181, 40.57211
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Imlay District; Humboldt District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kearns, Mike
    First year 1936

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CARLOADS KAOLIN IN 1925

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY NUMEROUS SHALLOW TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 6902

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1 AUG 84, FIELD EXAMINATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS AT THE SURFACE AND HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY NUMEROUS SHALLOW TRENCHES. IT IS REPORTED THAT 2 CARLOADS OF MATERIAL WERE SHIPPED FROM THE PROPERTY IN 1925. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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