Robb Gypsum Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10046372
MRDS ID M241516
Record type Site
Current site name Robb Gypsum Prospect
Related records 10222293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59777, 37.05081 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.35 AIR MILES N10E FROM GALT ON UNION PACIFIC RR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vigo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010S 066E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF MEADOW VALLEY WASH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59777, 37.05081

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding And Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Dip 60 NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 1097.28M
    Width 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gourd Springs (Closest District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 124-125, PL. I.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 697, P. 158-159

  • Deposit

    MORMON MOUNTAINS G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, FOR BLM, 1983

  • Deposit

    MEADOW VALLEY MOUNTAINS G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INDIVIDUAL GYPSUM BEDS A FEW INCHES TO 20 FT THICK IN RED BEDS DIP 10 NW SO THAT ONLY ABOUT 15% OF THE DEPOSIT COULD BE UTILIZED, STRATA ARE DISTORTED. TO THE SOUTH, THE SERIES GRADES INTO GYPSIFEROUS SHALE WITH THIN BEDS OF GYPSUM. THE GYPSUM BEDS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 20 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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