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Wonder Rock Quarry

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Flagstone
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198209
MRDS ID M241543
MAS/MILS ID 0320170333
Record type Site
Current site name Wonder Rock Quarry
Alternate or previous names Moriah Prospect
Related records 10095741

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.72803, 37.11278 (WGS84)
Elevation 1150
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunflower Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 009 S 065 E 32 SESESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Flagstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.72803, 37.11278
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PURPLE AND YELLOW BANDED SANDSTONE USED FOR DECORATIVE STONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Bradshaw
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 27-87, 1987, APPENDIX,

  • Deposit

    NO. 4, P. 26.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JAN-94 Campbell U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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