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Tonopah Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044619
MRDS ID M232152
Record type Site
Current site name Tonopah Clay Deposit
Alternate or previous names Lambertucci

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28536, 38.068 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF TONOPAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 042E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Seibert Tuff
    Rock description Seibert Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28536, 38.068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78, P. 61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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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