Dumortierite Occurrence

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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 10247339
MRDS ID M060370
MAS/MILS ID 0320270482
Record type Site
Current site name Dumortierite Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Lincoln Hill Dumortierite
Related records 10150475, 10042546

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.20537, 40.2916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 034 E 18 SESWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.20537, 40.2916

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rochester

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, 1964, P 37

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP, GQ-820, 1969, 1/62,500

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. 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.