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Snow Ball and Snow Ball No 1

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Magnesite
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091802
MRDS ID FS00476
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Ball and Snow Ball No 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36754, 38.89994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Track Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Red Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 059E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Tertiary

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1961 PLUMB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.36754, 38.89994
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Humboldt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 978-A "MAGNESIUM - MINERAL RESOURCES OF CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT, NEVADA " PUBLISHED 1951

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Forest Service

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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