North Ash Meadows

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Bentonite, Montmorillonite
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125099
MAS/MILS ID 0320230193
Record type Site
Current site name North Ash Meadows
Alternate or previous names K-B Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.36897, 36.53888 (WGS84)
Elevation 735
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skeleton Hills(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 S 050 E 20 S2SESE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MINE EXTENDS INTO SEC. 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary
Montmorillonite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.36897, 36.53888

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 76, 1970, P. 30, 32.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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