Mine detail: Sec. 8 Clay Deposit-East

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.21934, -118.28764

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Clay
Ore: Montmorillonite
Gangue: Cristobalite, Feldspar, Quartz
Orebody form: MASSIVE BEDDING

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSM060402
DEP10042573
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE & FULLE* EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 76.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D.