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Sodaville Bentonite Deposit

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103595
MRDS ID M035368
Record type Site
Current site name Sodaville Bentonite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Bentonite King, Clay Queen, Captain John, Three Musketeers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13927, 38.32743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position EAST FLANK EXCELSIOR MTNS., 1.5 MI SW OF SODAVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N;006N 034E;035E 31,36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BENTONITIC MATERIAL HAS A TUFFACEOUS OR CATACLASTIC TEXTURE AND SHOWS SIGNS OF SLICKENSIDED SURFACES DUE TO COMPACTION OR MOVEMENT ALONG FAULT

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Argillization Of Andesite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13927, 38.32743
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Major N-Nw Zone Of Faulting And Brecciation Cuts Andesite

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 2413.95M
    Width 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Localized Below An Impermeable Zone That May Represent Gouge Along A Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1929 - 1937

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MORE CLAY REPORTEDLY MAY EXIST ALONG THE TRACE OF THE FAULT, AND AT SHALLOW DEPTHS BELOW FRESH ANDESITE IN THE AREA SOUTH OF THE CLAY PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 14

  • Production

    ARCHBOLD, ( F1 )

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARCHBOLD, 1966 , (F1)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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