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Tri-O-Lite

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104004
MRDS ID M232833
Record type Site
Current site name Tri-O-Lite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.06036, 40.75158 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huntsman Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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
Mount Diablo 033N 053E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Analytical data

Result 15-20% MOISTURE W/IS THE UNIT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.06036, 40.75158
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strata Is Cut By Many Small Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Dip 35SE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 8046.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Marine Deep Water Seddimentation-Benthonic

Comments on the geologic information

  • A BED OF DIATOMITE 15' THICK CROPS OUT AT INTERVALS FOR SERERAL MILES. IT IS OVERLAIN & UNDERLAIN BY LIMY ROCK INTERLAYERED W/THIN BEDS OF CLAY. THE STRATA ARE CUT BY MANY FAULTS. THE BED TAPERS TO A HARD SEAM AT ITS SOUTHERN EDGE. THE CENTER 10' WAS THE ONLY PART MINED, AND THE BEST GRADE OCCURRS BELOW A THIN STRATUM OF LIMY ROCCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECTION. THE DIATOMS ARE WELL PRESERVED, UNIFORM SIZE, OF CYLINORICAL MELOSIRA GRANULATA THE DIATOMITE CONTAINS 15-20% MOISTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carlin

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1926, PRODUCTION RATE WAS 2,000 TONS PER YEAR, FOR USE AS INSULATION.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND

Comments on development

  • MINED BY UNDERGROUND METHODS FROM 1921 TO 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M.(1976-56)MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M.(1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIATOMITE BED
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED 1 1/2 MILES NORTH OF VIVIAN. IT WAS MINED BY UNDERGROUNDMENAOPS FROM 1921 TO 1952. IN 1926 PRODUCTION RATE WAS 2,000 TONS PER YEAR. MOSTOF PRODUCT WAS SOLD FOR USE AS INSULATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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