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Free Perlite Deposit

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046408
MRDS ID M241562
Record type Site
Current site name Free Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.26916, 38.0694 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position IN FOOTHILLS OF THE WILSON RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pierson Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(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 002N;003N 069E;069E 05,06:,32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 14 MILES BY ROAD NE OF PIOCHE; 3 CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.26916, 38.0694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 0
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioche Area (Closest Mining District)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Darrel Free Of Panaca
    First year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. PERLITE RESOURCES, REPORT.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL. 73, P. 122-123, PL. I.

  • Reserve-Resource

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, P. 15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LIGHT GREY ONION-SKIN TYPE PERLITE LYING ON AND PARTIALLY CAPPED BY DACITE FLOW. THERE ARE MANY SEAMS AND RIBBONS OF DACITE WITHIN THE MASS, BUT IT IS FOR THE MOST PART RELATIVELY FREE OF CONTAMINATING MATERIALS. IT IS FLAT-LYING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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