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Rivermott Deposit

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Calcium, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047562
MRDS ID M242926
Record type Site
Current site name Rivermott Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.76212, 40.17655 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Astor Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 020E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Diatomite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNCONSOLIDATED CALCIUM CARBONATE OF ALGAL ORIGIN; IMPURE DIATOMITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Diatomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.76212, 40.17655
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Sand Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • FIRST MINED IN 1919, MINED IN 1920'S AND 1950'S-1960'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., IN BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNCONSOLIDATED DEPOSIT OF CALCIUM CARBONATE OF ALGAL ORIGIN, REMNANT OF A SINGLE FLAT-LYING BED IN A SEQUENCE OF IMPURE DIATOMITE. CARBONATE BED RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW FT TO 12 FT IN THICKNESS. DEPOSITS ARE LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS WHICH ACCUMULATED IN SHALLOW EMBAYMENTS ALONG THE RELATIVELY OPEN SHORELINE OF LAKE LAHONTAN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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