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Sec. 6 Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042571
MRDS ID M060400
Record type Site
Current site name Sec. 6 Clay Deposit
Related records 10295571

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30569, 40.23407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Relative position 1 MI. N OF COAL CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coal Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 033E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC. 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Cristobalite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30569, 40.23407
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 25-40 NE
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT BETWEEN MONTMORILLONITE CLAY AND OVERLYING TUFF IS GRADATIONAL OVER A FOOT. CLAY IS FINE GRAINED & COMPACT WITH DULL TO SLIGHTLY WAXY LUSTER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willard District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-CUT MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, 1970, MONTMORRILLONITE, BENTONITE, & FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 76.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAXIMUM EXPOSED THICKNESS ABOUT 6 FT. THE CONTACT BETWEEN MONTMORILLONITE AND OVERLYING TUFF IS GRADATIONAL OVER A FOOT. CLAY IS FINE GRAINED AND COMPACT WITH DULL TO SLIGHTLY WAXY LUSTER.
Deposit OPEN-CUT MINE. MAXIMUM EXPOSED THICKNESS ABOUT 6 FEET, TOTAL THICKNESS MAY BE 10 TO 12 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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