White Throne Mts. Perlite Deposit

Prospect in Churchill 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197150
MAS/MILS ID 0320010113
Record type Site
Current site name White Throne Mts. Perlite Deposit
Alternate or previous names White Throne Mtns

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.73067, 39.24521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allen Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 029 E 16 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.73067, 39.24521

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.
    Year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-94 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.