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Quarry No. 1 Claim

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10046689
MRDS ID M241888
Record type Site
Current site name Quarry No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.17563, 37.68023 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 03S 43E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.17563, 37.68023
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SLIGHTLY SOUTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithologic Rhyolite Unwelded Ash Flow Tuff

Comments on the geologic information

  • BUILDING STONE QUARRY IN A WHITE, PUMICE-RICH UNWELDED ASH FLOW TUFF OF RHYOLITIC COMPOSITION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 11 JUL 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNWELDED ASH FLOW TUFF

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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