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Sulfur Deposit #1

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sulfur
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044549
MRDS ID M232036
Record type Site
Current site name Sulfur Deposit #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18313, 37.53828 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position JUST WEST OF RALSTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S;005S 042E;042E 28,29,31,32;05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18313, 37.53828
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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 Cuprite District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 308, P. 71

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PROF PAPER 66, P. 110.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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