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Dicalite Mine

Producer in Esmeralda 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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044538
MRDS ID M232001
Record type Site
Current site name Dicalite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21872, 38.00521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 4.5 MILES S-SW OF MILLER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 034E 29 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 > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21872, 38.00521
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shallow Basin

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS ARE COMPOSED OF DIATOMITE, ARGILLACEOUS DIATOMITE, CALCAREOUS DIATOMITE, CLAY, SAND, AND VOLCANIC ASH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Black Horse District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grefco (Great Lakes Carbon Corp.)

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT PRODUCED IS UNKNOWN. PRODUCING SINCE 1944.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78, P. 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT COVERS 2,500 ACRES.
Deposit THE DIATOM SPECIES ARE MELOSIRA GRANULATA, STEPHANODISCUS ASLREA, AND EUNOTIA ROBUSTA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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