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Perlite Deposit

Occurrence in Washoe 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044932
MRDS ID M232573
Record type Site
Current site name Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.56409, 41.26404 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 55 MILES N. OF GERLACH ON STATE HIGHWAY 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hart Mountain(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 039N 021E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.56409, 41.26404
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • TOO REMOTE FROM POPULATION CENTERS TO BE OF MUCH ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE

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

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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