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Railroad Deposit

Prospect in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Aluminum
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  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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246629
MAS/MILS ID 0320030317
Record type Site
Current site name Railroad Deposit
Alternate or previous names Railroad Pass Deposit, Alunite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.91273, 35.9744 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder City NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 S 063 E 02 NWNWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.91273, 35.9744
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alunite

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6964, 1937, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 62, 1965, FIG. 19, P. 149; P. 203.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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