Commodities
TertiaryDiatomite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeSedimentary
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formDIATOMACEOUS EARTH 6 TO 12 FT THICK OCCURS BENEATH AN OVERBURDEN OF DETREITAL MATERIAL 6 IN TO 3 FT DEEP
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1921
Identification
Deposit ID10042493
MRDS IDM060302
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.44406, -118.41542
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89VANDERBURG, W.D., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC. 6902, P. 35.