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Mackie Perlite Mine

Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125142
MRDS ID M241663
MAS/MILS ID 0320170086
Record type Site
Current site name Mackie Perlite Mine
Alternate or previous names Mackie Perlite, Kopenite Mine, Delamar Perlite, Barbara Claims
Related records 10046494

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.01725, 37.50327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hiko SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 S 062 E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.01725, 37.50327
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Delaperlite Partnership Lease
    ID 2600117
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 8, P. 123.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 56-86, 1986, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 4, P. 91.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-1997 Neumann, Terry R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/16/1999
MSHA mine ID2600117
Mine name (MSHA)MACKIE PERLITE MINE
Current operatorWilkin Mining & Trucking Inc
Current controller (parent)Dennis Sonnenberg
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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