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Pamela Placer

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045793
MRDS ID M233623
Record type Site
Current site name Pamela Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.79616, 38.538 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lockes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
008N 055E 10,11,14,15,16,19,20,21,22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN RAILROAD VALLEY; 160 ACRES STRADDLING U.S. HIGHWAY 6. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.79616, 38.538
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pancake Range Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1.5 ACRE OPENPIT 10 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951 NBMG BULL. 50

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT; NBMG FILE 251, ITEM 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 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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