| Deposit ID | 10103596 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M035426 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rhodes Marsh |
| Alternate or previous names | Virginia Marsh |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.07566, 38.28687 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | 7 MI SOUTH OF MINA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sodaville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 005N | 035E | 10,14,15,16,21,22 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sodium | Primary |
| Boron-Borates | Primary |
| Halite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Borax | Ore |
| Halite | Ore |
| Mirabilite | Ore |
| Trona | Ore |
| Ulexite | Ore |
| Model code | 260 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 35b.3 |
| Deposit model name | Lacustrine borates |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments |
| (1) | -118.07566, 38.28687 |
|---|
| General form | PLAYA |
|---|---|
| Length | 4827.9M |
| Width | 2413.95M |
| General form | PLAYA |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Discoverer | C. W. Ward |
| Year of first production | 1862 |
| Production years | 1862-1900 (SALT); 1930'S (NASO); 1872-1882 (B) |
| District name | Rhodes Marsh |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M035426 |
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR.
ROSS, D.L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 58.
ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 14.
PAPKE, K.G., 1976, EVAPORITES AND BRINES IN NEVADA PLAYAS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 87, 35 P.
COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN, V. 37, NO. 4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. 38.
ROSS, 1951.
PAPKE, 1976.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | First Production Year: 1862 (SALT); ABOUT 1872 (BORATES) |
| Deposit | PLAYA-TYPE BORATE DEPOSIT. THE MARSH IS 2.5 MILES LONG IN A NE-SW DIRECTION AND AS MUCH AS 1.5 MILES WIDE, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 3 SQ MILES. HALITE IS MOST PURE IN A MILE SQUARE AREA IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE PLAYA. COTTONBALL ULEXITE WAS THE MAIN BORATE ORE AND OCCURS IN SOFT SEDIMENTS WITHIN A FOOT OR TWO OF THE SURFACE ALONG THE WEST AND NORTH MARGINS OF THE MARSH; THE ULEXITE AREAS PARTIALLY SURROUND THE CENTRAL HALITE AREA. THENARDITE OCCURS IN LENSES 3-5 FT THICK LYING 2-6 FT BELOW THE SURFACE. BORAX/TINCALCONITE IS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AS A CRUST 1-3 INCHES THICK IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PLAYA AND AS CRYSTALS UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER IN THE NEAR-SURFACE MUD TO THE WEST, SOUTHWEST, AND SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN HALITE AREA. THE THENARDITE LENSES OCCUR PRINCIPALLY IN A BAND THAT ENCIRCLES MOST OF THE CENTRAL HALITE AREA AND MIRABILITE OCCURS MOSTLY AS DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS BENEATH THE THENARDITE. A NEAR SURFACE LAYER OF MIRABILITE UP TO 15 FT THICK HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ONE |
| Deposit | AREA. SODIUM CARBONATE HAS BEEN REPORTED AS A SURFACE CRUST IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE PLAYA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1978 | Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1981 | Flynn, Patricia D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 04-NOV-1994 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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