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Carson Sink Salt Deposits

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Salt
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148359
MAS/MILS ID 0320010221
Record type Site
Current site name Carson Sink Salt Deposits
Alternate or previous names Salt Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.38157, 39.8402 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Rock SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 032 E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. REPORTS THIS DEPOSIT IN SECS. 3, 5, 7, 9, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, AND 33, T. 23 N., R. 32 E. THE LOCATION OF THIS RECORD IS PLACED AT THE INTERSECTION OF SECS. 21, 22, 27, AND 28.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.38157, 39.8402
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I -

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 54.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-APR-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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