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Bentonite? Prospect2

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046678
MRDS ID M241875
Record type Site
Current site name Bentonite? Prospect2
Related records 10295722

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.5656, 36.95691 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Beatty Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 048E 25 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration Of Rhyolitic Tuff To Clay

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.5656, 36.95691
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fluorine (Bare Mountain) District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.OE., P.66.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., 1977, USGS MAP MF-873.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY ALTERATION OF RHYOLITIC TUFF

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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