Unnamed Pumice Deposit

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294246
MAS/MILS ID 0320010488
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pumice Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.91768, 39.7221 (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

Soda Lake NW(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

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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 N 027 E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE SODA LAKE NW 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS PITS IN THE SE/4 SEC. 35; THESE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DUG TO EXPOSE THE PUMICE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.91768, 39.7221

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. 51.

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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