Eagle Marsh

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Salt
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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173149
MAS/MILS ID 0320010064
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Marsh

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -119.03709, 39.7332 (WGS84)
Elevation 1231
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

Eagle Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(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)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 N 026 E 35 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE EAGLE ROCK 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS OTHER EVAPORATORS IN THE SE/4 SEC. 34.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Brine Operation
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Leete District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 39-40.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 53.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-APR-93 Ridenour, James 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.