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Copley Diatomite Deposit

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042493
MRDS ID M060302
Record type Site
Current site name Copley Diatomite Deposit
Related records 10247572

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.41542, 40.44406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oreana NW(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 30N 32E 19,20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN IN APPROXIMATE CENTER OF GROUP OF PROSPECTS; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = OREANA (1956) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Younger tuffaceous sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIATOMACEOUS EARTH 6 TO 12 FT THICK OCCURS BENEATH AN OVERBURDEN OF DETREITAL MATERIAL 6 IN TO 3 FT DEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1921

Mining district

District name Arabia District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS. PROPERTY EXTENDS OVER AN AREA 1800 FT LONG AND ABOUT 600 FT WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.D., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC. 6902, P. 35.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1921. DIATOMACEOUS EARTH 6 TO 12 FEET THICK OCCURS BENEATH AN OVERBURDEN OF DETRITAL MATERIAL 6 INCHES TO 3 FEET DEEP. PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY 15 SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS, AND EXTENDS OVER AN AREA 1800 FT LONG AND ABOUT 600 FT. WIDE ; 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-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. 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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