Perlite Deposit

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198044
MAS/MILS ID 0320270526
Record type Site
Current site name Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.82459, 40.04069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ragged Top Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 028 E 15 N2N2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.82459, 40.04069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, 1964, P 49

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.,1964,PAGE 49 SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE

  • Deposit

    DARK GRAY PERLITE ASSOCIATED WITH DARK RED,PORPHYRITIC RHYOL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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.