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White Hill Diatomaceous Deposit

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045408
MRDS ID M233125
Record type Site
Current site name White Hill Diatomaceous Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.9546, 39.82268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(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 023N 027E 33 NW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A MILE SE OF I-80, ABOUT 4 MILES NE OF BRADY'S HOT SPRINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.9546, 39.82268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Leete District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM.

  • Deposit

    DESERT PEAK TOPO SHEET, 15', USGS, 1951.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D. D. 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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