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Vermiculite Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Vermiculite
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046374
MRDS ID M241518
Record type Site
Current site name Vermiculite Prospect
Related records 10173578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.54972, 36.97276 (WGS84)
Elevation 1222
Relative position ABOUT 2.8 AIR MILES WEST OF NORMON PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rox NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 066E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST FLANK OF MORMON MOUNTAINS, 3.3 MILES E. OF MEADOW VALLEY WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Schist

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.54972, 36.97276
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gourd Springs (Closest District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT SHOWN ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; SMALL PROSPECTS PRESENT DURING G-E-M FIELD CHECK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P.124, PL.I.

  • Deposit

    MORMON MOUNTAINS G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, FOR BLM, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 30-40 FT LAYER OF ALTERED BIOTITE SCHIST BETWEEN TWO MINOR PEGMATITE DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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