Marys Mtn.

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10044717
MRDS ID M232290
Record type Site
Current site name Marys Mtn.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25092, 40.74991 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emigrant Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 051E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25092, 40.74991

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mining district

District name Maggie Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 2 DEPOSITS COVERED BY S UNPATENTED CLAIMS. LITTLE DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 254, REFERENCE NO. 3201100048

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., USBM 1.C 7022

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO DEPOSITS ARE COVERED BY FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS. AS OF 1938 VERY LITTLE DEVELOPEMENT WORK HAD VEEN DONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.