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Buff Clay Mine

Past Producer in Pershing 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. 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 10174583
MRDS ID M060397
MAS/MILS ID 0320270130
Record type Site
Current site name Buff Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names Buff Pit, Sec 2 Clay Deposit
Related records 10042568

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.35018, 40.2355 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coal Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027 N 032 E 02 C S2E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.35018, 40.2355
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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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1973, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977,PLATE 2A.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLERS

  • Deposit

    EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES &

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY BULLETIN 76, P. 38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-97 Mayerle, Ronald T. 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

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