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Stone Cabin Zeolite Occurrence

Occurrence in Nye 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044188
MRDS ID M231552
Record type Site
Current site name Stone Cabin Zeolite Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Callaway Well

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.35226, 38.673 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 3.5 MILES SE OF RED MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Callaway Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Analcime Ore
Clinoptilolite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Yes, Strong

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.35226, 38.673
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ignimbrite Flow Into Shallow Lake Where It Was Rapidly Quenched.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Currant District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • NO INFORMATION

Comments on development

  • FIELD EXAMINATION IN JULY, 1981 REVEALED NO DEVELOPMENT OR PROSPECTING IN THE AREA- JUST OUTCROPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORRTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    R.B. JONES AND J.L. BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 9 JULY,1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROPS OF GREEN-COLORED TUFF. ALTERED PUMICE FRAGMENTS APPEAR TO CONTAIN SOFT GREEN-COLORED ZEOLITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 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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