Mine detail: Disaster Peak

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Location

Lat / long:

41.91655, -118.16767

Resource(N)

Primary:	Clay
Tertiary:	Zeolites
Ore:	Hectorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	WEDGE-SHAPED
Discovery year:	1986

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Tuff,Dacite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Within The Mcdermitt Caldera, Fault, Ring Fractures
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	I001105
DEP	10098122
Reference	{Deposit:: ODOM, I.E., 1992, HECTORITE DEPOSITS IN THE MCDERMITT CALDERA OF NEVADA: LITTLETON, COLORADO, SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT 92-155, 12 P}{Reserve-Resource:: ODOM, 1992.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J.