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B and B Group

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037628
MRDS ID M035710
Record type Site
Current site name B and B Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10484, 38.69214 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position APPROX. 14 MI N-NE OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gabbs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA 1 MI WEST OF HWY 23 FROM 5175 T

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10484, 38.69214
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THINLY BEDDED DIATOMITE IS EXPOSED IN BULLDOZER TRENCHES SCATTERED OVER AN AREA OF AT LEAST ONE SQUARE MILE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Luning

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bellzer, Willis And Bagby, Vern
    Home office Hawthorne, Nv.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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