Double Check Deposit, Washoe County, Nevada, USAi
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Double Check Deposit | Mine |
Washoe County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 11' 29'' North , 119° 48' 43'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Herlong | 298 (2011) | 27.9km |
Patton Village | 702 (2011) | 29.7km |
Doyle | 678 (2011) | 30.7km |
Sutcliffe | 253 (2011) | 32.3km |
Chilcoot-Vinton | 454 (2011) | 51.0km |
Commodity: Material used As a poultry and livestock feed and As a soil conditioner
Deposit: Unconsolidated deposit of algal calcium carbonate deposits are remnants of a single, flatlying bed within a sequence of impure diatomite. Carbonate bed is several feet to 12 ft thick lacustrine deposits which accumulated in shallo W embayments along the relatively open shoreline of lake lahontan.
Development: First developed and mined in 1919 and the 1920's.
Ore(s): Shallow Embayments Of Lake
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ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Tingley, J.V., (1987), Unpublished Data on the Kumiva Peak 1:100000 Map Area.
Papke, K.G., (1969) in Bonham, H.F., Jr., NBMG Bull 70, P. 108-110.
Lincoln, F.C., (1923), Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada: Nevada Newsletter Press, Reno, Nv; P. 234.
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10047560 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Shoofly-Olds Ferry DomainDomain
USA
- Lake LahontanLake
- Sierra NevadaMountain Range
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