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Duck Flat Diatomite Deposit

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044930
MRDS ID M232571
Record type Site
Current site name Duck Flat Diatomite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9027, 40.97376 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 45 MILES BY ROAD NW OF GERLACH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gerlach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Massacre Lake(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 036N;036N 018E;019E 25;30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name High Rock Sequence
    Rock description High Rock Sequence
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.9027, 40.97376
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Enechelon Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DIATOMITE, IN PART OPALIZED, CROPS OUT ALONG THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF DUCK FLAT. DIATOMITE VARIES FROM THIN-BEDDED TO MASSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 70

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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