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Maris Pebble Quarry

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045687
MRDS ID M233478
Record type Site
Current site name Maris Pebble Quarry
Alternate or previous names Maris Pebble Mine
Related records 10246311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.95341, 38.53743 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Relative position ABOUT 6 AIRMILES S45W FROM BELMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 045E 18 S2 OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NORTH OF THE OLD BELMONT TO MANHATTAN ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ROCK WAS QUARRIED, AND AFTER ROUGH GRINDING WAS SHIPPED TO MANHATTAN, TONOPAH, GOLDFIELD FOR USE IN TUBE MILLS

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Lake Beds
    Rock description Bald Mountain Lake Beds
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.95341, 38.53743
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Dip LOW, TO NORTH
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Minute Brecciation And Replacement By Silica

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED SHALEY LAKE BED TUFFS; PEBBLES MINED FOR USE IN BALL MILLS AT MANHATTAN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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