Copley Diatomite

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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 10247572
MRDS ID M060302
MAS/MILS ID 0320270267
Record type Site
Current site name Copley Diatomite
Related records 10042493

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.41708, 40.44549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oreana NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 N 032 E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 19.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.41708, 40.44549

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 89, 1977, P. 54, PL. 2A

  • Deposit

    USBM INFORM CIRC 6902, 1936, P. 35

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1994 Miller 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.