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Acoma Perlite

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 10046451
MRDS ID M241616
Record type Site
Current site name Acoma Perlite
Alternate or previous names Pulcepher Deposit, Pulcepher and Comstock
Related records 10246499

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14554, 37.50219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
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

Acoma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(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 005S 070E 22 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 6 MILES BY ROAD SOUTH OF THE UNION PACIFIC R.R. TRACKS AT ACOMA, NV. ; 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14554, 37.50219
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 1524M
    Width 792.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clover Valley Area (Little Mountain Is Closest Mining District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mssrs. J. Pulcepher Et Al. Of Overton, Nv And L. A. Comstock Of Caliente, Nv.
    First year 1951

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.

  • Reserve-Resource

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, P. 9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES ON AND IS PARTIALLY CAPPED BY ANDESITE. MINOR OVERBURDEN PRESENT. 2 TYPES OF PERLITE ARE EXPOSED: "ONION SKIN" AND "SUGARLOAF" VARIETIES, BOTH GLASSY AND OF GOOD QUALITY

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

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