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Mopung Hills Gypsum

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294277
MAS/MILS ID 0320010107
Record type Site
Current site name Mopung Hills Gypsum

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.71128, 39.8791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1360
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ocala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 029 E 10 NESENW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • POSS IN R30E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -118.71128, 39.8791
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lake Mining District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, USBM MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-94 Miller 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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