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Limestone Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042598
MRDS ID M060440
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Prospect
Related records 10271231

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.38903, 40.0174 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position N 12 MI. FROM RAILPOINT OF PERTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildhorse Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 032E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 91.9-94.1% CACO3, 0.84-1.77% MGCO3, 4.96-5.98% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.38903, 40.0174
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 70 FT. THICK LIMESTONE BED RECRYSTALLIZED TO MARBLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wild Horse District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961; V.I., SO. PACIFIC CO, SAN FRANCISCO; P. 47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 70-FT THICK LIMESTONE BED RECRYSTALLIZED TO MARBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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