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Salt Cove Salt Domes

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Salt
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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 10197771
MAS/MILS ID 0320030492
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Cove Salt Domes

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.37162, 36.42329 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Overton Beach(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 S 068 E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THESE DEPOSITS MAY NOW BE UNDER WATER OF LAKE MEAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.37162, 36.42329
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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 National Recreation Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 87, 1976, PP.15,17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-FEB-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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