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White Hill Deposit

Prospect in Churchill 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172892
MAS/MILS ID 0320010168
Record type Site
Current site name White Hill Deposit
Alternate or previous names Highway I-80

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.95489, 39.8221 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 027 E 33 W2NWNE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SEC 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.95489, 39.8221
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Coverton And W. W. Walker
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1947
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chick Bed Co.
    Home office Iowa
    Year 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. 1-

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-APR-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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