Mine detail: Surprise No. 1 Claim

Previously called 'Beatty Deposits'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.90913, -116.74783

Resource(N)

Primary:	Clay
Ore:	Montmorillonite
Orebody form:	ALTERATION HOLD AROUND BASALT SILL IN TUFFS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Welded Tuff
Associated type:	Basalt
Alteration processes:	Tuff And Minor Basalt Hydrothermally Altered To Montmorillonite

References

MRDS	M241783
DEP	10100749
Reference	PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLE * EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 76, P.2
Reporter	Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.)