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Silver Lake Clay Group

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Bentonite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023676
MRDS ID I001082
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lake Clay Group
Related records 10262103

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.26753, 35.38333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Pass Lake NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE SOUTHERN AVAWATZ MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.26753, 35.38333
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Late Cenozoic Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS ARE SCATTERED. THE MAIN CLAY PIT IS LOCATED BETWEEN TWO PLAYAS-- FORT IRWIN AND SILVER LAKE. 13 M OF ALTERED TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS ARE EXPOSED IN THE MAIN PIT. PALE GREENISH-GRAY CLAY AND GYPSUM BEDS CROP OUT AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 533 M. THE ORE BEDS STRIKE N70W AND DIP 50NE. TO THE SOUTH, THE BEDS ARE FOLDED, UPLIFTED, AND TRUNCATED BY A LATE CENOZOIC FAULT. DEPOSIT IS OVERLAIN BY POORLY-SORTED FANGLOMERATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAPP, J.S., AND VREDENBURGH, L.M., 1992, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF TERTIARY PLAYA DEPOSITS OF THE FORT IRWIN AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT NUMBER 92-44, 9 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BENTONITE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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