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Smoke Creek Desert Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fullers Earth
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047563
MRDS ID M242927
Record type Site
Current site name Smoke Creek Desert Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.87352, 40.47738 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheepshead Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(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 CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 019E 17 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Clay Ore
Montmorillonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.87352, 40.47738
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 1005.84M
    Width 640.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sand Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, BOREHOLES

Comments on development

  • CLAY WAS PROSPECTED BY STANDARD OIL CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., IN BONHAM, H.F., JR, 1969, NBMG BULL 70, P. 113-114.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY BED OVERLAIN BY GRAVEL AND LIME-CEMENTED GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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