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Mormon Mountains Deposit

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Vermiculite
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246836
MAS/MILS ID 0320170090
Record type Site
Current site name Mormon Mountains Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mormon Mtns

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.54973, 36.97308 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rox NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 S 066 E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: NVMB GULL. 73 (PLATE 1) SHOWS THIS DEPOSIT IN T. 11 S., WHILE MINOBRAS (P. 26) REPORTS IT IN T. 10 S. THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED ON A PIT SYMBOL IN UNSURV. SEC. 13, T. 11 S., R. 66 E., AS SHOWN ON PLATE 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.54973, 36.97308
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 26.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 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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