Boyd Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149379
MRDS ID M241662
MAS/MILS ID 0320170404
Record type Site
Current site name Boyd Clay Deposit
Related records 10104094

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.56333, 37.45827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1550
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elgin NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 S 066 E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.56333, 37.45827

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Clay Co. Of Nevada
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1936

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JAN-1994 Stevenson 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.