| Deposit ID | 10044748 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232326 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Palisade |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.18648, 40.62324 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 051E | 25 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Pumice | Primary |
| Result | SAMPLE RAN 92.4 TO 93.6% SIO2 (S.P.) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Palisade Canyon Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock description | Palisade Canyon Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -116.18648, 40.62324 |
|---|
| General form | BEDDED |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 9.14M |
| General form | BEDDED |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1938 |
| District name | Safford District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | L. Lucey And S. T. Edwards |
| First year | 1938 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232326 |
ROBERTS R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64
USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 203, REFERENCE NO. 3201100052
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY P. 133
VANDERBURG, W.O. (1968) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., U.S.B.M. I.C. 7022
ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL. (1967)
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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