Denio Ranch

Occurrence in Washoe 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125394
MAS/MILS ID 0320310035
Record type Site
Current site name Denio Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.47462, 41.24627 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

High Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 039 N 022 E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Younger rhyolitic flows and shallow intrusive rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NEV IND MIN (1973), P. 42.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, MLA 7-93, P. 71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUN-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.