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Building Stone Quarry

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045353
MRDS ID M233060
Record type Site
Current site name Building Stone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Eastgate Stone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.93345, 39.31213 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position 3 MILES WEST AND SLIGHTLY NORTH OF EASTGATE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eastgate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 036E 28 NE (28) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT NORTHERN END OF ZEULITE DEPOSIT CLAIMS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.93345, 39.31213
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Eastgate District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Lucille Downing Of Vincennes, Ind., Reputed Owner In 1940.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • MATERIAL WAS FIRST QUARRIED IN THE 1860'S TO SUPPLY BUILDING STONE FOR ALPINE $ . EASTGATE, AND LATER FOR FALLON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NV; NBMG. BULL. 7093

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO., NV.; U.S.B.M.I.C. 7093.

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S
Deposit SILICEOUS TUFF, UNIFORM GRAIN SIZE, WHITE, WEATHERING DULL-GRAY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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