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Sample Site 1095

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046661
MRDS ID M241855
Record type Site
Current site name Sample Site 1095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.8751, 38.16326 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 037E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomaceous Earth Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Esmeralda
    Rock description Esmeralda
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.8751, 38.16326
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SLIGHLY SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIATOMASIONS EARTH, PURE WHITE, LITTLE OR NO IMPURITIES. DEPOSIT EXTENDS ABOUT ONE MILE ALONG FACE OF RANGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gilbert

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • EAST TRENDING ADIT;REMAINS OF OLD BUILDINGS AND LOADING DOCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT 1, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR LAYER OF FE STAINED MATTER, VOLCANIC ALLOVIUM OVERLAYS BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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