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Ore Car Mine

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046892
MRDS ID M242118
Record type Site
Current site name Ore Car Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.69915, 36.21193 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Callville Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 20S 65E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.69915, 36.21193
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS STRIKE N65E, DIP 60SE, VUGS FILLED WITH FE-MN STAINING, MINOR CU STAINING ON SURFACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Las Vegas (Virgin River)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Las Vegas Gem And Mineral Society.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW ADITS, SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 19 FEB 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEM AND MINERAL COLLECTION SITE. VARIOUS CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE SILICA FILLED FRACTURES AND FISSURES IN BEDDING PLANES OF A BLOCK OF CARBONATES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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

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