Commodities
PrimaryPerlite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeMagmatic Stratiform, Disseminated
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBEDDED
Geology
Host rockWelded Tuff
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationAlteration Of Volcanic Glass.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1953
Identification
Deposit ID10042480
MRDS IDM060285
Alternate namesPearl Hill Quarry, NBMG Sample Site 2726.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.28239, -118.5457
References
PAPKE, K.G., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION: NBMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT (TINGLEY) FILES.JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, PL. I, P. 96.JONES, R.B. & PAPKE, K.G., 1984, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 84 (OUT OF PRINT), SUPERSEDED BY DBM2.STAFF, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983: NDMI.PAPKE, K.G., 1973, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG MAP 46.SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY - NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 1955-1961, V.1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, P. 49.MCKEE, E.H., & MARVIN, R.M., 1973, SUMMARY OF RADIOMETRIC AGES OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS IN NEVADA, PART IV, NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: ISOCHRON/WEST, NO. 10.