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Truckee Canyon Deposit

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodity Pumice
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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 10149966
MAS/MILS ID 0320290012
Record type Site
Current site name Truckee Canyon Deposit
Alternate or previous names Truckee Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.5857, 39.54349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patrick(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 N 021 E 01 SWNW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: GIVEN LOCATION (SEC. 2) PLACES THIS SITE IN WASHOE COUNTY. MORE LIKELY, THE DEPOSIT IS IN CHALK BLUFF, IN SEC. 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.5857, 39.54349
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS NEV IND MIN (1973) P 41

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 124.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-1993 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

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