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Vanderbilt Mine

Occurrence in Clark 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046986
MRDS ID M242221
Record type Site
Current site name Vanderbilt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.78694, 36.24305 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Government Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 20S 64E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.78694, 36.24305
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAY IS COMPOSED OF HIGH QUALITY MONTMORILLONITE AND IS INTER BEDDED WITHIN LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Muddy Mnts

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT WITH SEVERAL DOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS HAVE BEEN MINED, ABOUT 500 TONS STOCK PILED AND RESERVES FOR SEVERAL YEARS EXISTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LESZCYKOWSKI, A.M., ETAL, 1982, SUMMARY REPORT, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MUDDY MNTS WILDERNESS, USBM, PG.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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