Rocky Canyon

Unknown in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Perlite
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 10222299
MAS/MILS ID 0320270168
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.68989, 40.59349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 029 E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTIONS 15 & 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.68989, 40.59349

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS NEV IND MIN (1973) P 39

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC 15 AND 27

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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.