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Virgin River Deposit

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037205
MRDS ID M031088
Record type Site
Current site name Virgin River Deposit
Related records 10294886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.47082, 36.19 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position NEAR N SHORE OF LAKE MEAD, 26 MILES FROM BOULDER CITY BOAT LANDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
020S 064E 13,14,22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY BOAT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS { ASSAY PERCENT { SAMPLE NO. MN FE SIO2 INSOL. P AL2O3 ZN CAO S { 1 12.7 2.6 31.9 44.0 .100 11.4 0 6.3 { 2 22.7 2.2 25.8 35.2 .071 6.6 0 5.5 .05

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 205
USGS model code 30d
Deposit model name Dimension stone - sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Muddy Creek Formation
    Rock description Muddy Creek Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.47082, 36.19
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Se Plunging Syncline, Minor Ns Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN MINERALIZATION 9.1 % MN BEDS UNDERLAIN BY BASALT FLOWS AND OVERLAIN BY BEDS OF GYPSUM. DIPS RANGE FROM 20 - 45 DEG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virgin River

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John A. Lytle, John H. Perkins
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 219.15M
    Overall depth 14.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 58 TRENCHES, 48 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, AND 18 DIAMOND DRILLED HOLES TOTALLING 4,277 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 199 .

  • Deposit

    TRENGOVE, R. R., 1959 , RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MN DEPOSITS, US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5446 P. 10 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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