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Surprise No. 1 Claim

Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100749
MRDS ID M241783
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise No. 1 Claim
Alternate or previous names Beatty Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.74783, 36.90913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position 1/2 MI EAST OF BEATTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 012S 047E 8 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Tuff And Minor Basalt Hydrothermally Altered To Montmorillonite

Analytical data

Result CLAY TESTS VERY HIGH IN SWELLING, THIXOTROPHY, AND VISCOCITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.74783, 36.90913
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ALTERATION HOLD AROUND BASALT SILL IN TUFFS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mont Morillonite Mainly In Elongated Bodys On Footwall Side And Occassionally In Hanging Wall Side Of The Basalt Intrusive Body

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jacques, R. P.
    Home office Beatty
    First year 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PIT 65 BY 12 FT AND 10 FT DEEP, SEVERAL SCATTERED SHALLOW EXCAVATIONS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM THE MAIN PIT 750 FT AND A 15 FT DIAMETER PIT 100 FT SE OF MAIN PIT IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE BASALTIC BODY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 76, P.29

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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