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Rattlesnake Canyon Quarry

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045824
MRDS ID M233662
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Canyon Quarry
Alternate or previous names Barndt & Crouse Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.40507, 38.45272 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flagstaff Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 007N 049E -24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN KEYSTONE CANYON (FORMERLY KNOWN AS RATTLESNAKE CANYON) SEVERAL MILES ABOVE THE KEYSTONE GROUP. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN.)-(SUPPOSED TO BE 7 MILES UP CANYON FROM WIGWALL PROPERTY) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUITABLE FOR BUILDING AND FLAGSTONE MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhyolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.40507, 38.45272
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Tybo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Barndt And Crouse Of Tybo
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • IN FALL OF 1949, OWNERS WERE MINING ROCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL. 50, P. 194.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1979, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RHYOLITE IS FINE, EVEN-GRAINED ROCK DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH FROM SANDSTONE. BANDING IS FLAT IN SHADES OF WHITE, GREY, PINK, BROWN, AND GREEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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