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Mine detail: Copley Diatomite Deposit
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Nevada
Pershing
Previously called ''
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Location
Lat / long:
40.44406, -118.41542
Resource(N)
Tertiary:
Diatomite
Orebody form:
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH 6 TO 12 FT THICK OCCURS BENEATH AN OVERBURDEN OF DETREITAL MATERIAL 6 IN TO 3 FT DEEP
Discovery year:
1921
Production
Operation type:
Unknown
Deposit type:
Sedimentary
Production size:
None
Development status:
Occurrence
Geology
References
MRDS
M060302
DEP
10042493
Reference
{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.D., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC. 6902, P. 35.}
Reporter
Johnson, Maureen G., Royse, Sue E.