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Wendover Quarry

Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100745
MRDS ID M233984
Record type Site
Current site name Wendover Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.10753, 40.7452 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position W. OF WENDOVER, UTAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wendover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
032N 070E 07,04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF HILL 5275

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.10753, 40.7452
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wendover

Comments on the workings information

  • STONE QUARRY

Comments on development

  • QUARRY, ROCK WAS PROBABLY CRUSHED AND SCREENED FOR MARKETING AS DECORATIVE ROCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DECORATIVE STONE-BRIGHT GREEN-STAINED BY FERRIC IRON
Deposit A STONE QUARRY LOCATED ON THE LOWER W. SIDE OF HILL 5275 IN JARBIDGE RHYOLITE. THE ROCK WAS PROBABLY CRUSHED AND SCREENED, AND MARKETED AS DECORATIVE ROCK-IT IS BRIGHT GREEN STAINED WITH FERRIC IRON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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