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Burro Basin Mine

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042437
MRDS ID M060232
Record type Site
Current site name Burro Basin Mine
Related records 10247512

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.77738, 40.29045 (WGS84)
Elevation 1497

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Troughs SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 028N 029E 18,19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.77738, 40.29045
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED, STRATIFORM
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic In Lake Deposits

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIATOMITE BEDS ARE INTERBEDDED WITH LAKE DEPOSITS; VARY IN THICKNESS FROM 25 TO 200 FT THICK, ARE MASSIVE TO THIN-BEDDED, WHITE TO BUFF, AND SOFT TO FIRM IN TEXTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Velvet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS MEASURE 2000 X 1500 X 120 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 1955-61, V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, P.42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PITS ARE ABOUT 2000 X 1500 X 120 FEET. INDIVIDUAL DIATOMITE STRATA ARE FROM 3 TO 25 FT THICK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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