Ed Deposit

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Clay, Lithium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10047407
MRDS ID	M242705
Record type	Site
Current site name	Ed Deposit
Related records	10149657

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-118.10293, 41.76155 (WGS84)
Elevation	2097

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Meadow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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	Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	045N	034E	24		Nevada

Comments on the location information

FAIR ACCESSIBILITY BY DRILL ROADS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Clay	Primary
Lithium Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Clay	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	SAMPLE 2713 IS FROM A 2-INCH THICK BED OF PURE, WHITE, HIGHLY PLASTIC MONTMORILLONITE CLAY (BUT NOT MECTORITE) FROM A TRENCH EAST OF MAIN ROAD. MOST OF THE MATERIAL IN THIS TRENCH IS LIGHT GREY CLAYS AND SANDY CLAYS DIPPING ABOUT 15 E
Result	ONE THIN LAYER CONTAINS ALGAL BALLS. SAMPLE 2713 CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 1% MG, 0.3% TI, 10 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 300 PPM B, 5000 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 200 PPM LA, 5 PPM MO, 20 PPM NB, 5 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 20 PPM SN, 100 PPM SR, 100 PPMV, 30 PPM Y, 700 PPM ZR. GREATER THAN AS MUCH AS 0.68% LI IS PRESENT IN THE ROCKS IN THE ROCKS IN THE FORM OF HECTORITE AND SOME OTHER LITHIUM-BEARING MINERAL

Result

SAMPLE 2713 IS FROM A 2-INCH THICK BED OF PURE, WHITE, HIGHLY PLASTIC MONTMORILLONITE CLAY (BUT NOT MECTORITE) FROM A TRENCH EAST OF MAIN ROAD. MOST OF THE MATERIAL IN THIS TRENCH IS LIGHT GREY CLAYS AND SANDY CLAYS DIPPING ABOUT 15 E

Result

ONE THIN LAYER CONTAINS ALGAL BALLS. SAMPLE 2713 CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 1% MG, 0.3% TI, 10 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 300 PPM B, 5000 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 200 PPM LA, 5 PPM MO, 20 PPM NB, 5 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 20 PPM SN, 100 PPM SR, 100 PPMV, 30 PPM Y, 700 PPM ZR. GREATER THAN AS MUCH AS 0.68% LI IS PRESENT IN THE ROCKS IN THE ROCKS IN THE FORM OF HECTORITE AND SOME OTHER LITHIUM-BEARING MINERAL

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-118.10293, 41.76155	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form BLANKET

Strike N-S ELONGATE

Dip FLAT-LYING

Length 643.72M

Width 321.86M

General form	BLANKET
Strike	N-S ELONGATE
Dip	FLAT-LYING
Length	643.72M
Width	321.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Both
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1984

Mining district

District name	Opalite District; Disaster District

Land status

Ownership category	BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner J. M. Huber Corp., Macon, Ga, Claimowner

First year 1984

Type	Owner
Owner	J. M. Huber Corp., Macon, Ga, Claimowner
First year	1984

Comments on the workings information

EXPLORED BY ABUNDANT DRILL HOLES AND 3 SHALLOW TRENCHES. DRILLED ON 100-FT SPACING IN AREA 0.4 MILE LONG N-S BY 0.2 MILE WIDE; WIDER-SPACED DRILLING ELSEWHERE IN VICINITY

Comments on development

CLAYS WERE DISCOVERED BY DRILLING IN 1983, 1984 AND PERHAPS EARLIER. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M242705

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PAPKE, K.G., 13 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Deposit

RYTUBA, J.J., AND GLANZMAN, R.K., 1978, U.S.G.S. OFR 78-926.
Deposit

WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. 1
Deposit

GLANZMAN, R.K., RYTUBA, J.J. AND MCCARTHY, J.H. JR., 1978, LITHIUM IN THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA AND OREGON, IN SYMPOSIUMON LITHIUM NEEDS AND RESOURCES (IN PRESS)

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	TARGET IS FLAT-LYING, PROBABLY LENTICULAR. BODIES OF HECTORITE, A LI-BEARING WHITE MONTMORILLONITE CLAY, PRIZED FOR ITS HIGH PLASTICITY AND VISCOSITY IN LIQUIDS. THICKNESS, EXTEND, AND TONNAGE OF HECTORITE IS UNKNOWN. THERE ARE NO OUTCROPS IN THE AREA, BUT EXTENT OF THE CLAY-BEARING SEDIMENTARY UNIT IS INFERRED

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1986	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)	Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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