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Limestone Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. 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 10042579
MRDS ID M060412
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Prospect
Related records 10222114

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16041, 40.20184 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 27N 34E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF SEC. 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 95.8-97% CACO3, 0.44-1.79% MGCO3, 0.74-1.6% SIO2, 0.7-0.26% A12O3, 0.200-0.38% FE2O3, 0.01%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16041, 40.20184
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Springs

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 AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961, V.1: SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., P.47.

  • Deposit

    WALLACE & TATLOCK, 1962, SUGGESTIONS FOR PROSPECTING IN THE HUMBOLDT RANGE & ADJACENT AREAS, NEVADA. USGS PP 450-B, B3-5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DARK-GRAY, MASSIVE, THICK-BEDDED LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH QUARTZTITE, ARGILLITE, SLATE, AND VOLCANIC BRECCIA; LOCALLY RECRYSTALLIZED TO MARBLE.
Deposit DARK-GRAY, MASSIVE, THICK-BEDDED LIMESTONE MTERBEDDED WITH QUARTZITE, ARGILLITE, SLATE, AND VOLCANIC BRECCIA; LOCALLY RECRYSTALLIZED TO MARBLE. LARGE TONNAGE OF HIGH-CALCIUM LIMESTONE NEAR THE BUENA VISTA IRON DEPOSITS, EASY TO MINE, READILY ACCESSIBLE. ; 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-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. 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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