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Kiernan Property

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046673
MRDS ID M241868
Record type Site
Current site name Kiernan Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64839, 36.89053 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES FROM BEATTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(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
Mount Diablo 012S 048E 18 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON W. FLANK OF BARE MTN., NEAR BOND & MARKS PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONTAINS TOO MUCH HEMATITE FOR POTTERY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64839, 36.89053
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Fluorine (Bare Mountain) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. Kiernan
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • 1 CARLOAD CLAY SHIPPED IN 1917

Comments on the workings information

  • AERIAL TRAMWAY CARRIED MATERIAL DOWN THE STEEP MOUNTAIN FACE TO THE ROAD BELOW

Comments on development

  • SOME CLAY SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA-IN 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV: P. 168.

  • Deposit

    BELL, E.J. AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT FINAL REPORT: CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SW NTS AND VICINITY: PREPARED FOR D.O.E., P. 67.

  • Deposit

    BUWALDA, J.P., 1922, USGS BULL 708, P. 12

  • Production

    BUWALDA, J.P., 1922. P. 125.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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