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Sample Site 1133

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046770
MRDS ID M241977
Record type Site
Current site name Sample Site 1133

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.92121, 37.89883 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 001N 036E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Rock unit name Emigrant Formation
    Rock description Emigrant Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.92121, 37.89883
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS DID NOT HAVE LARGE EVAPORATIVE SEQUENCE AT THIS SITE BUT DID HAVE SEVERAL INTERVALS OF WATERLAIN TUFFS AS WELL AS TUFFA WHICH INCLUDES SULFAR MINERALS MORE TYPICAL OF A HOT SPRINGS ENVIRONMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OPEN PIT AND LOADING FACILITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6-5-82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 04-NOV-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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