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Diatomite Or Silica Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Diatomite, Silica
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045796
MRDS ID M233626
Record type Site
Current site name Diatomite Or Silica Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70315, 38.58354 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.9 MILES N55W FROM BLACK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 038E 04 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EDGE OF IONE VALLEY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Diatomite Has Been Diagenetically Altered To Porcelaneous Silica Or Opal.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Esmeralda
    Rock description Esmeralda

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70315, 38.58354
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Republic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED FOR DIATOMITE OR OPAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (COMMODITIES SECTION ON DIATOMITE)

  • Deposit

    OLSON, 1964, IN NBMG BULL. 65, P. 191.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 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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