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Chalk Hills Area

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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 10296446
MAS/MILS ID 0320290009
Record type Site
Current site name Chalk Hills Area
Alternate or previous names Chalk Hills, Electro Silicon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.5668, 39.386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chalk Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 021 E 36 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: DEPOSIT ALSO REPORTED IN THE NE/4NW/4 SEC. 36, AND THE SW/4NW/4 SEC. 31, T. 18 N., R. 22 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.5668, 39.386
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NEV. IND. MIN. (1973), P. 41.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 116-117.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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