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Gypsite Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042586
MRDS ID M060426
Record type Site
Current site name Gypsite Prospect
Related records 10125471

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37792, 40.16268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lovelock(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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
27N 32E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37792, 40.16268
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONSISTS OF IMPURE MIXTURE OF GYPSUM, SHALE AND LIMESTONE CLASTS WITH SAND AND SILT ABOUT 4 FEET THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Muttlebury 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

    JONES, J.C., 1920, GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES (NEVADA): USGS BULL. 697

  • Deposit

    LOUDERBACK, 1904, GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 223

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K. G., OCT, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF IMPURE MIXTURE OF GYPSUM, SHALE, AND LIMESTONE CLASTS WITH SAND AND SILT ABOUT 4 FT THICK.
Deposit ESTIMATED 3000 TONS OF GYPSITE SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. THE GYPSITE DEPOSIT WAS FORMED BY REDEPOSITION OF ERODED MATERIAL DERIVED FROM THE MAIN DEPOSIT TO THE NORTHEAST. ; 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-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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