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Vandenberg Mine

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046607
MRDS ID M241794
Record type Site
Current site name Vandenberg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.772, 36.88747 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty(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 12S 46E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.772, 36.88747
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault (N-S Trend, Dip About 60w) Ore On Footwall Side

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Bullfrog

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Talc Co.
    First year 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • MAJOR WORKINGS ARE NOW IN OPEN PITS, WHILE OLD WORKINGS WERE CONF INED TO ADITS, SHAFTS AND MINOR SURFACE TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • SITE IS CURRENTLY BEING DRILLED AND TRENCHED. (1982)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, APR 28, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG 50 DEGREES WEST DIPPING FAULT. THE BODIES ARE IN ALTERED WELDED AND NON-WELDED ASH FALL TUFFS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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