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Gerlach Area Borate Deposit

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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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 10247672
MAS/MILS ID 0320310169
Record type Site
Current site name Gerlach Area Borate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.35661, 40.67068 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gerlach(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gerlach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 023 E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.35661, 40.67068
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 127; PLATE 2, NO. 14.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, MLA 7-93, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, USBM MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-1994 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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