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Fairview Perlite Deposit

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046407
MRDS ID M241561
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68696, 38.17579 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES NNE OF THE SILVERHORN MINE, To Pit Shown Onto Po Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 065E 28 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.68696, 38.17579
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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

Mining district

District name Pioche Area (Closest Mining District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Combined Metals Reduction Co. ?
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS HERE WERE SUSPENDED UPON FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOLLINGER DEPOSIT WHERE QUALITY OF MATERIAL WAS BETTER AND OPERATIONS MORE ECONOMICAL.

Comments on development

  • 5000 TONS MINED AND SHIPPED TO GRINDING PLANT AT CASELTON; MINUS 1/8 INCH SHIPPED TO EXPANDING PLANT AT BAUER, UTAH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. PERLITE RESOURCES; REPORT.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL. 73, P. 122-123, PL. I.

  • Production

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, P. 13.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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