Diatome Placer Claims

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098652
MRDS ID M234029
Record type Site
Current site name Diatome Placer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98238, 39.81684 (WGS84)
Relative position JUST S. OF RTE. 40 ABOUT 3 MILES NE OF BRADY'S HOT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 027E 32 W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98238, 39.81684

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Leete District

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, NBMG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D.D. 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.