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Gerlach Hot Springs

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10055385
MRDS ID RL10061
Record type Site
Current site name Gerlach Hot Springs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.37601, 40.66655 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Godeys Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gerlach(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 Washoe

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE WESTERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.37601, 40.66655
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE ON B OCCURRENCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • CURRENT ABSENCE OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF B IN THE WATER HERE AND A LACK OF BORATE PRECIPITATION AT THE SITE IMPLIES THAT REPORTS OF B AT THIS LOCATION MAY NOT BE TRUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1976, EVAPORITES AND BRINES IN NEVADA PLAYAS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 87, 35 P

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1976.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Langford, R.P. BHP Utah Industries

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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