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Union Pacific Quarry

Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109799
MRDS ID M241603
Record type Site
Current site name Union Pacific Quarry
Related records 10125283

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.52, 37.63386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1399

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 067E 06 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN ANTELOPE CANYON ABOUT A MILE N. OF CALIENTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS RAILROAD BALLAST FOR UNION PACIFIC AND AGGREGATE FOR CONTRACTORS WORKING IN LOCAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chief District (Caliente Area)

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • LARGEST OPERATING QUARRY IN LINCOLN COUNTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P.125., PL.1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPPERMOST PART OF PROSPECT MOUNTAIN QUARTZITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 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.

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