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K-B Deposit

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fullers Earth
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046574
MRDS ID M241759
Record type Site
Current site name K-B Deposit
Alternate or previous names Ewing Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.37726, 36.52887 (WGS84)
Elevation 719
Relative position ABOUT 8 AIRMILES SOUTH OF LATHROP WELLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South of Amargosa Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016S 050E 29 NE OF SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Montmorillonite Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.37726, 36.52887
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ash Meadows District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Industrial Mineral Ventures
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, PITS, 4 SHAFTS, 27 PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN THE EARLY 1960'S BY K-B MINING CO. WHEN A CLAY-PROCESSING PLANT WAS BEGUN. NOTHING WAS PRODUCED, AND THE PARTLY-COMPLETED MILL REMAINS. INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1970, NBMG BULL 76, P. 30-32

  • Deposit

    BELL, E.J. AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT FINAL REPORT; CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SW NTS AND VICINITY: PREPARED FOR D.O.E., P. 69.

  • Deposit

    OLSON, IN NBMG BULL 65, 1964, P. 188.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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