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Pumicite

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044501
MRDS ID M231947
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72117, 36.94663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1061
Relative position 3 MILES N-NE OF BEATTY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 047E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72117, 36.94663
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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 Fluorite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wells, Thomas L.
    Home office Los Angeles, Calif.
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 68

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUAD: USGS MAP GQ-157.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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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