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Pahute Mesa Deposit

Occurrence in Nye 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046871
MRDS ID M242095
Record type Site
Current site name Pahute Mesa Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0084, 37.34995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5 AIRLINE MILES NE OF SCOTTY'S JUNCTION ON U.S. HIGHWAY 95, To Area Of Pit Symbols

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scottys Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 044E 02,11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS WITHIN LAS VEGAS BOMBING AND GUNNERY RANGE AT WESTERN BASE OF PAHUTE MESA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2 DISTINCT TYPES OF MONTMORILLONITE-WHITE CLAY AND PINK CLAY WITH SMALL MASSES OF LIGHT-COLORED MORE PURE MONTMORILLONITE WITH IN IT-THESE PURE MASSES ARE REMAINS OF PUMICE FRAGMENTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Of Rhyolite To Montmorillonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0084, 37.34995
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 5 TO 10 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Contact Between The 2 Tuffs

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTINUITY OF ALTERATION ZONE UNKNOWN FOR EXTENT OF VALLEY-ONLY EXPOSED IN SHALLOW BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND A FEW ROAD CUTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tolicha District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Williams, Oscar And Raymond
    First year 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • MOST EXPLORATION DONE IN 2500 BY 500 FT AREA IN NW TRENDING VALLEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 76, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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