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Little Pebble Mine

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045016
MRDS ID M232668
Record type Site
Current site name Little Pebble Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.20046, 41.81348 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gooch Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 025E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.20046, 41.81348
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strata

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wilson, Walt
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • IN 1980, THIS MINE WAS LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS. ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA STATE MINE INSPECTOR, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1982-1985, DIRECTORIES OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE 1982-1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASH BED
Deposit IN 1980, THIS MINE WAS LISTED AS AN ACTIVE, OPEN-PIT MINE EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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