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Hollinger Perlite Deposit

Past Producer 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046411
MRDS ID M241566
Record type Site
Current site name Hollinger Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36278, 38.1244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES NNE OF PIOCHE IN THE WILSON CREEK RANGE, To Mine Symbol Shown On To Po Map

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 003N 068E 16 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • REACHED VIA 6 MILES OF GOOD OILED ROAD AND 12 MILES OF WELL-IMPROVED ROAD FROM MILLING PLANT OT CASELTON, NV ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST PRODUCTION USED FOR LIGHT-WEIGHT PLASTER AGGREGATE; BRAND NAME "PANACALITE".

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.36278, 38.1244
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 27.43M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioche Area (Closet Mining District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Combined Metals Reduction Co.
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1951, SHIPPING TO CMR CO'S GRINDING PLANT IN CASELTON 3500-4500 TONS PER MONTH. 3 PLACER CLAIMS

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. 122-1238 PL. I.

  • Production

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, P. 10-11

  • Reserve-Resource

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, P. 10-11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANULAR PERLITE OCCURS BETWEEN 2 GLASSY FLOWS AND GRADES UPWARD INTO STONY LAVA

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

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