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Spaulding Salt Marsh

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Halite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045774
MRDS ID M233597
Record type Site
Current site name Spaulding Salt Marsh

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.08175, 39.10298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8 AIRMILES N40E FROM MILLETT RANCH., Approximately To Near Center Of Salt Marsh, Covering About 1 Square Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Millett Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N;015N;014N 044E;044E;043E 06;31;01,12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN BIG SMOKY VALLEY ABOUT 4 MILES S OF THE LANDER COUNTY LINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.08175, 39.10298
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike FLAT-LYING
    Dip FLAT-LYING
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • SOME SALT WAS PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLAYA-COMPARATIVELY PURE HALITE OCCURS AS A WHITE SURFACE LAYER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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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