Rosebud Canyon Deposit

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Montmorillonite
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 10150629
MRDS ID M055453
MAS/MILS ID 0320270577
Record type Site
Current site name Rosebud Canyon Deposit
Related records 10222196, 10040612

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.71429, 40.77348 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur(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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 029 E 34 E2NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE IN SEC. 33.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Montmorillonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -118.71429, 40.77348

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 76, 1970, P34.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL MAP OF ROSEBUD CANYON, P35, FIG. 17.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA, US BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES, OPEN-FILE REPORT, MLA 7-93, P87.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-97 Buckingham, David A. 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.