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Niter Prospects

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Nitrogen-Nitrates
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044924
MRDS ID M232561
Record type Site
Current site name Niter Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.49241, 41.09543 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 42 MILES NW OF GERLACH, 300 M., 300 M., 300 M.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leadville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

High Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 022E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 MILE SE OF GRASS VALLEY RESERVOIR . +/-300 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.49241, 41.09543
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crevices, Fractures In Protected Spots

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE NITER SALES OCCUR UNDER LEDGES AND IN CAVE-LIKE CLIFF FORMATIONS. IT IS FOUND AS A WHITE CRYSTALLINE SALT IN CREVICES AND CONCENTRATED IN VEINS IN THE SLIDE ROCK AT THE BASE OF THE CLIFFS, PARTLY OR WHOLLY IN POSITIONS PROTECTED FROM LEACHING BY RAIN, SNOW OR SURFACE WATERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Discoverer G. O. Smith, A. H. Brooks, H. S. Gale First Reported On Them

Mining district

District name Leadville District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS WERE VISITED IN 1911 BY G. O. SMITH, A. H. BROOKS, AND H. S. GALE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-81 La Pointe, D. D. 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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