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Robb 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046530
MRDS ID M241705
Record type Site
Current site name Robb Perlite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Kane Springs
Related records 10149414

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.71667, 37.39386 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slidy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 065E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AT KANE SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 0
    Thickness 22.86M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 914.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delamar Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY COULD BE MINED BY OPEN CUT. 15% OF THE DEPOSIT COULD BE CLEARED OF OVERBURDEN CHEAPLY, BUT CONTINUED OPERATIONS WOULD REQUIRE A HEAVY OVERBURDEN OF SOLID PORPHYRY.

Comments on development

  • ONLY DISCOVERY WORK DONE AS OF 1957.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1951, P. 14-15; TSCHANZ & PAMPEYAN, 1920, P. 123.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS FLAT-LYING BETWEEN 2 EXTRUSIVE PORPHYRY FLOWS. 3 KINDS OF PERLITE PRESENT: (1) LIGHT-GREY, FIRM, GOOD-GRADE PERLITE. (2) QUITE BLACK BUT GOOD QUALITY PERLITE; (3) BROKEN MIXTURE OF BLACK AND GREY PERLITE WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXPANSION TESTS TO DETERMINE IF IT IS COMMERCIAL. PERLITE FLOW AVERAGES 25 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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