Mine detail: Burro Basin Mine

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.29045, -118.77738
dep_id: 10042437
mrds_id: M060232
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Diatomite
orebody_fm: BEDDED, STRATIFORM
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Sedimentary
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphic In Lake Deposits
Reporter: La Pointe, D.D., Johnson, Maureen G.
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 1955-61, V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, P.42
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