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Roswell Deposits

Occurrence in Nye 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046600
MRDS ID M241786
Record type Site
Current site name Roswell Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78033, 36.89302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1061
Relative position 1.3 AIRLINE MILES SW OF BEATTY ON SOUTH SIDE OF VELVET PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
012S 046E 13 NE4 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Most Of Tuff Is Fresh - Some Shows Montmorillonite Alteration

Analytical data

Result LOW SWELLING CAPACITY AND PLASTIC VISCOCITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78033, 36.89302
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jacques, R. P.
    Home office Beatty
    First year 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • FEW SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 76, P. 29

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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