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Section 17 Mine

Producer in Churchill 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045407
MRDS ID M233122
Record type Site
Current site name Section 17 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.08905, 39.51212 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES SW OF HAZEN, 1000m. Utm Is To Center Of Section. Exact Location Within Section Is Unknown

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hazen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 026E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Andesite and basalt flows
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name Hazen Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cyprus Mines Corp., Alan Stanley, Gen'L Mgr.
    Home office P.O. Box 455, Fernley, Nv 89408
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN-PIT DIATOMITE MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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