Double Check Deposit

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Calcium, Diatomite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047560
MRDS ID M242924
Record type Site
Current site name Double Check Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.81213, 40.19155 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Astor Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 019E 23 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Diatomite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL USED AS A POULTRY AND LIVESTOCK FEED AND AS A SOIL CONDITIONER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Diatomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.81213, 40.19155

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shallow Embayments Of Lake

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Sand Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TOTAL PRODUCTION; PROBABLY SPORADIC FROM 1920'S THROUGH 1960'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • FIRST DEVELOPED AND MINED IN 1919 AND THE 1920'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1969 IN BONHAM, H.F., JR., NBMG BULL 70, P. 108-110.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PRESS, RENO, NV; P. 234.

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNCONSOLIDATED DEPOSIT OF ALGAL CALCIUM CARBONATE DEPOSITS ARE REMNANTS OF A SINGLE, FLATLYING BED WITHIN A SEQUENCE OF IMPURE DIATOMITE. CARBONATE BED IS SEVERAL FEET TO 12 FT THICK LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS WHICH ACCUMULATED IN SHALLOW EMBAYMENTS ALONG THE RELATIVELY OPEN SHORELINE OF LAKE LAHONTAN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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