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Eciyalde Kaocinite Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046674
MRDS ID M241869
Record type Site
Current site name Eciyalde Kaocinite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Shepard Kaolinite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64033, 36.93219 (WGS84)

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 11S 48E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

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)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64033, 36.93219
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDED KAOLINITE DEPOSIT, KAOLINIZED RHYOLITE TUFF, MINOR QUARTZ CRYSTALS, MOST MAFICS AND SILICIOUS GRAINS GONE, ALMOST ALL KAOLIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bare Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT 200 FT. LONG, 20 FT DEEP, NUMEROUS DOZER CUTS NEARBY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/QUADE, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 22 APR 82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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