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Emigrant Pass

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044746
MRDS ID M232324
Record type Site
Current site name Emigrant Pass

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.2462, 40.67297 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carlin West(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 051E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Palisade Canyon Rhyolite
    Rock description Palisade Canyon Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.2462, 40.67297
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERLITE OUTCROPS WITHIN RHYOLITE FLOWS AS LAYERS UP TO 60 FEET THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Safford District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 221, REFERENCE NO. 3201100050

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERLITE OUTCROPS IN RHYOLITE FLOWS AS LAYERS UP TO 60 FT. THICK

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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