Clay Pit

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
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 10208190
MAS/MILS ID 0320270485
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.39458, 40.42239 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oreana NW(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 030 N 032 E 33 W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, 1964, P 38

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.,1964,PAGE 38 NON-SWELLING CLAY IN ALTER

  • Deposit

    BED,SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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.