Unnamed Perlite Deposit

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Perlite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150311
MAS/MILS ID 0320270538
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Perlite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.63709, 40.63769 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerites(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 030 E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT REPORTED IN SECS. 17, 19, AND 29. NOT SEEN DURING 1993, MILLER, M.S., EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, MLA 7-93.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.63709, 40.63769

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I-

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 51.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUN-94 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.