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Unnamed Diatomaceous Earth Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045313
MRDS ID M233014
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Diatomaceous Earth Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2665, 38.00826 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basalt(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N;002N 033E;034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1967 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomaceous Earth Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Esmeralda Formation
    Rock description Esmeralda Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.2665, 38.00826
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beds Within Esmeralda Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIATOMDCEOUS LAYERS IN THE ESMERALDA FORMATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Tingley, J.V. 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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