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Pine Creek Valley

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044719
MRDS ID M232294
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Creek Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.13035, 40.29352 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Coffin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 052E 20,21,15,17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Erionite Ore
Phillipsite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.13035, 40.29352
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZEOLITE BEDS IN LACUSTRINE TUFF-MUDSTONE. THE BEDS RANGE FROM 1" TO 30" THICK, THEY STRIKE NORTH AND DIP 5E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Modarelli-Frenchie Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, TRENCHES, CORE HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 64, REFERENCE NO. 3201100058

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS (1973) NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P.19

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZEOLITE BEDS IN LACUSTRINE TUFF-MUDSTONE
Deposit DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF PITS, TRENCHES, AND CORE HOLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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