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Unnamed Perlite Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047491
MRDS ID M242849
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Perlite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.62098, 40.31295 (WGS84)
Elevation 1775

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poker Brown Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 030E 09 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TO ONE OF SEVERAL PROSPECTS IN AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POTENTIALLY COMMERCIAL SOURCE OF PERLITE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.62098, 40.31295
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Arabia District; Trinity District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Railroad
    First year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 LARGE PERLITE MASSES IN RHYOLITE PLUG DOME; NORTHERNMOST BODY IS 1200 FT BY 400 FT, 40 FT OR MORE THICK. AT LEAST HALF OF THE MASS APPEARS TO BE GOOD QUALITY PERLITE; SOUTHERNMOST BODY IS A 30-40 FT BED OF GOOD QUALITY PERLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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