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Perlex Corp. Perlite Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Stone, Perlite, Gemstone
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046649
MRDS ID M241842
Record type Site
Current site name Perlex Corp. Perlite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.62149, 38.23354 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crow Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 039E 05 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN NE END OF MONTE CRISTO RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary
Perlite Primary
Gemstone Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.62149, 38.23354
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR()

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Selvage Between Rhyolite And Welded Tuff.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crow Spring (Royston) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Perlex Products Corp., Under Mike Hammer
    First year 1964
    Last year 1965
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown, E. T.
    Home office Salinas, Calif.
    First year 1964
    Last year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • THE APACHE TEARS WERE BEING MINED AND STOCKPILED FOR SALE AND EVENTUAL USE IN TERAZZO TILE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, P. 63, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPT. 17.

  • Production

    ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, P. 63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SELVAGE ZONE BETWEEN RHYOLITE AND WELDED TUFF IS MADE UP OF GOOD "POPPING" PERLITE CONTAINING OBSIDIAN (APACHE TEARS) THAT MAKE UP 5-75% OF THE ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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