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Lahontan Deposit

Occurrence in Churchill 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124586
MAS/MILS ID 0320010253
Record type Site
Current site name Lahontan Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.08018, 39.4249 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lahontan Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 026 E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: AN ADIT IS REPORTED IN THE NW/4 SEC. 17; THIS IS NOW LIKELY TO BE UNDER WATER OF LAHONTAN RESERVOIR. THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED IN SEC. 16.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.08018, 39.4249
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 76, 1970, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.