Palisade

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Pumice
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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044748
MRDS ID M232326
Record type Site
Current site name Palisade

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.18648, 40.62324 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palisade(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 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE RAN 92.4 TO 93.6% SIO2 (S.P.)

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.18648, 40.62324

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 9.14M
  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS OF PUMICITE AND VITRIC TUFF 8-30' THICK ARE INTERSTRATIFIED WITH TUFFS THAT DIP 10 DEG NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Safford District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Lucey And S. T. Edwards
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • SAMPLE RAN 92.4 TO 93.6% SIO2

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN QUARRY

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 203, REFERENCE NO. 3201100052

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY P. 133

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O. (1968) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., U.S.B.M. I.C. 7022

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL. (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PRINICPAL DEPOSITS WERE COVERED BY THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS OWNED BY L. LUCEY AND S.T. EDWARDS IN 1938. THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE MAIN LINE OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, AND DEVELOPED BY AN OPEN QUARRY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit BEDS OF PUMICITE AND VITRIC TUFF 8'-30' THICK INTERSTRATIFIED WITH TUFFS

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

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