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Northern Zeolite Deposit

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Zeolites
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042643
MRDS ID M060510
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Zeolite Deposit
Related records 10296238

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49484, 40.26434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1-2 MI. SW OF JERSEY SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jersey Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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
Mount Diablo 028N 040E 27,34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES NOT EXACT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore
Erionite Ore
Phillipsite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.49484, 40.26434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZEOLITES OCCUR IN THE TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS THAT FORM PART OF A DISSECTED PEDIMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF JERSEY VALLEY. ZEOLITE-RICH BEDS WERE FORMED BY DIAGENESIS OF VITRIC VOLCANIC ASH THAT FELL INTO SALINE, ALKALINE LAKES. THE BEDS ARE LAMINATED, VERY THIN BEDDED, OR LESS COMMONLY THIN BEDDED. THE ZEOLITE-RICH ROCK IS FINE-GRAINED, COMPACT TO SLIGHTLY POWDERY, POROUS, AND HAS A DULL TO SLIGHTLY SILKY LUSTER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1970

Mining district

District name Mount Tobin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mobil Oil Corp.
    First year 1970

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BY THE MOBIL OIL CORP

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE

Comments on development

  • OPEN PIT MINING BEGAN IN 1968.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, 1972, ERIONITE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ZEOLITES IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 79

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DEFFEYES, 1959, LATE CENOZOIC SEDIMENTATION & TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL NEVADA: PH.D. THESIS, PRINCETON UNIV., PRINCETON, N.J.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINELY LAMINATED.
Deposit ZEOLITES DISCOVERED IN JERSEY VALLEY IN 1956. CLAIMS WERE LOCATED AND THE DEPOSITS WERE EXPLORED BY VARIOUS MINING COMPANIES FROM 1958 TO THE PRESENT TIME. NO MINING WAS DONE UNTIL 1968 BY MOBIL OIL CORP. IN 1970 500 TONS WERE MINED BY OPEN-PIT METHODS FOR USE IN PETROLEUM PROCESSING. PART OF THE SAME DEPOSIT AS THE SOUTHERN ZEOLITE DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Royse, Sue E. U.S. Geological Survey

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