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Sec. 8 Clay Deposit-West

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042572
MRDS ID M060401
Record type Site
Current site name Sec. 8 Clay Deposit-West
Related records 10295847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30569, 40.2174 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position N. SIDE COAL CANYON

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 027N 033E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W 1/2 N W 1/4 SEC. 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore
Cristobalite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30569, 40.2174
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYROCLASTIC ROCK HAS BEEN VARIABLY ALTERED TO MONTMORILLONITE. CLAY IS SLIGHT GRAY AND GRITTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willard District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • REVEALED BY EXPLORATION TRENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, & FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYROCLASTIC ROCK HAS BEEN VARIABLY ALTERED TO MONTMORILLONITE. CLAY IS LIGHT GRAY AND GRITTY
Deposit REVEALED BY EXPLORATION TRENCHING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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