Unnamed Salt Deposit

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197908
MAS/MILS ID 0320010222
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Salt Deposit
Alternate or previous names Salt Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.62678, 39.9557 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ocala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 024 N 030 E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.62678, 39.9557

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, USBM MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, 1994.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT AT THE ABOVE LOCATION IS IN LOWER HUMBOLDT LAKE. THIS RECORD IS PLACED AT THE INTERSECTION OF SECS. 9 AND 17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUL-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.