Kokopelli Opal Mine, Virgin Valley, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 41° 49' 18'' North , 119° 5' 0'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 41.82173,-119.08344 |
| GeoHash: | G#: 9r7mfjqj4 |
| Locality type: | Diggings (Active) - last checked 2018 |
| Köppen climate type: | Dsb : Warm, dry-summer continental climate |
An Opal Mine and fee dig site in Virgin Valley, Nevada, owned and operated by Tim & Donna Church. Consists of a small number of unpatented mining claims with several exploratory and working areas.
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Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Holocene - Pliocene 0 - 5.333 Ma ID: 2846051 | Landslide deposits, colluvium, and talus Age: Cenozoic (0 - 5.333 Ma) Description: Unit is mixed on the Washoe North map with basalt, tuff, diatomite, and tuffaceous sediments. It includes the units mapped as Qls from the 1978 State map. It is present in Churchill, Washoe, Nye, Esmeralda, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral, and Pershing Counties. Comments: Original map source: Crafford, A.E.J., 2007, Geologic Map of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 249, 1 CD-ROM, 46 p., 1 plate; Scale 1:250,000. Lithology: Major:{coarse alluvium}, Minor:{basalt,diatomite,sedimentary} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
| Neogene 2.588 - 23.03 Ma ID: 3186305 | Cenozoic volcanic rocks Age: Neogene (2.588 - 23.03 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Columbia River Basalt Comments: Columbia Plateau Lithology: Flood basalt(s); mafic volcanic rocks; basalt Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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