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Montana Mountains Hectorite Deposit

Prospect in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Clay, Zeolites
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096953
MRDS ID I000465
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Mountains Hectorite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mcdermitt Caldera, Kings River, Uravada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10905, 41.7621 (WGS84)
Elevation 2080
Relative position ABOUT 48 KM SW OF MCDERMITT AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE MONTANA MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Meadow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 45N 034E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS FROM LOWE AND OTHERS, 1985.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Zeolites Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore
Analcime Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 166
USGS model code 25lc
Deposit model name Lithium in smectites of closed basins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10905, 41.7621
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Within Mcdermitt Caldera Margin

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Dip 0
    Thickness 75M
    Length 15000M
    Width 1000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOT SPRINGS IN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1979

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. M. Huber Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. M. Huber Corp., Chevron Resources, Others

Comments on the workings information

  • OVERBURDEN IS LESS THAN 15 FT WHERE BEING MINED.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE EXPLORATION AND DRILLING IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOWE, N.T., RANEY, R.G., AND NORBERG, J.R., 1985, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9035, 202 P.

  • Deposit

    ODOM, I.E., 1992, HECTORITE DEPOSITS IN THE MCDERMITT CALDERA OF NEVADA: LITTLETON, COLORADO, SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT 92-155, 12 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT FORMED FROM HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF VOLCANIC MOAT SEDIMENTS. THE DEPOSIT IS BEDDED AND INTERSTRATIFIED IN, AND MIXED WITH, VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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