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Zenobia Clay Deposit #2

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Calcium, Clay, Diatomite
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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 10047567
MRDS ID M242931
Record type Site
Current site name Zenobia Clay Deposit #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.74657, 40.13766 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Needle Rocks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 020E 09 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Clay Primary
Diatomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Clay Ore
Diatomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.74657, 40.13766
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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 Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAHONTAN DEPOSIT OF CACO3 WITH PROBABLE LAYERS OF DIATOMITE AND RELATIVELY PURE ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH. ONE OF FOUR SUCH DEPOSITS ALONG A 1.5-MILE LONG NW TREND.

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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