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Sarcobatus Flat 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046873
MRDS ID M242097
Record type Site
Current site name Sarcobatus Flat Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.97118, 37.29052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 4 MI S.E. PAHUTE MESA DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tolicha Peak SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(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

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 007S 045E 30,31 S2 (30); N4 (31) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED WITH IN LAS VEGAS BOMBING AND GUNNERY RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tuff To Montmorillonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERATION EXTREMELY VARIABLE-CONTINUITY OF CLAY DEPOSIT UNDETERMINED

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

  • SCATTERED PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 76, P. 27-28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPOSURES IN OUT CROPS AND EXPLORATION TRENCHES OCCUR IN 1/2 SQUARE MILE AREA PRINCIPLE OCCURRENCES ALONG N-S TRENDING RIDGE-CLAY UNCOVERED ALONG THIS RIGDE FOR 1/3 MILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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