Mine detail: Pahute Mesa Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

37.34995, -117.0084

Resource(N)

Primary:	Clay
Ore:	Montmorillonite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Alteration Of Rhyolite To Montmorillonite

References

MRDS	M242095
DEP	10046871
Reference	PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLE * EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 76, P. 27
Reporter	Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.)