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Leech Perlite Deposit

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  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 10046414
MRDS ID M241569
Record type Site
Current site name Leech Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35917, 38.11246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pierson Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Lund(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 003N 068E 1621 SE (16); NE (21) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE LOW FOOTHILLS OF THE WILSON RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35917, 38.11246
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 Paul Leech Of Pioche
    First year 1951

Comments on development

  • 2 PLACER CLAIMS, 40 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. PERLITE RESOURCES, REPORT, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 73, P. 122-123, PL. I.

  • Reserve-Resource

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, P. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERLITE DEPOSIT IS FLAT-LYING OVER AN ANDESITE FLOW. ALL THE CAPPING MATERIAL HAS BEEN ERODED AWAY LEAVING ONLY MINOR OVERBURDEN. PERLITE IS DARK-GREY TO BLACK "ONION-SKIN" TYPE, GLASSY, AND FAIRLY FREE OF CONTAMINATING MATERIALS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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