Mine detail: Pearl Hill Mine

Location:	Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.28239, -118.5457
dep_id:	10042480
mrds_id:	M060285
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Perlite
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Magmatic Stratiform, Disseminated
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
orebody_fm:	BEDDED
work_type:	Surface
alteration:	Alteration Of Volcanic Glass.
Reporter:	Johnson, Maureen G., Royse, Sue E., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.)
hrock_type:	Welded Tuff
arock_type:	Rhyolite
Year first produced:	1953
References:	Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION: NBMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT (TINGLEY) FILES. Deposit:: JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, PL. I, P. 96. Deposit:: JONES, R.B. & PAPKE, K.G., 1984, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 84 (OUT OF PRINT), SUPERSEDED BY DBM2. Deposit:: STAFF, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983: NDMI. Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1973, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG MAP 46. Deposit:: 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. Deposit:: 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.