Mine detail: Smoke Creek Desert Clay Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.47738, -119.87352

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fullers Earth
Ore:	Bentonite, Clay, Montmorillonite
Orebody form:	BEDDED

Production

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

Geology

Host type:

Clastic Sedimentary Rock

References

MRDS	M242927
DEP	10047563
Reference	{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., IN BONHAM, H.F., JR, 1969, NBMG BULL 70, P. 113-114.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)