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Terraced Hills Deposit

Past Producer in Washoe 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047564
MRDS ID M242928
Record type Site
Current site name Terraced Hills Deposit
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2911

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.80408, 40.20988 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Astor Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 019E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.80408, 40.20988
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1947

Mining district

District name Sand Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • FIRST DESCRIBED IN 1947, EXPLORED BY NEVADA CEMENT IN 1963, MINED FOR USE IN MAKING PORTLAND CEMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1969, IN BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, P. 110-113.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SERIES OF ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOWS SEPARATED BY A PYROCLASTIC UNIT WHICH HAS BEEN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED TO HALLOYSITE. MOST OF THE PYROCLASTIC UNIT AND CLAY HORIZONS ARE NEARLY CONFORMABLE TO THE UNDERLYING AND OVERLYING VOLCANIC ROCKS. THE HALLOYSITE IS A COMPACT, BRITTLE MATERIAL WITH A DULL TO SLIGHTLY WAXY LUSTER.

Reporter information

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

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