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Boyd Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104094
MRDS ID M241662
Record type Site
Current site name Boyd Clay Deposit
Related records 10149379

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56333, 37.4583 (WGS84)
Elevation 1550
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elgin NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 066E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST WALL OF MEADOW VALLEY WASH, IN RAINBOW CANYON, NEAR BOYD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAY IS CREAMY WHITE, HARD AND DOES NOT SLUMP WHEN WET

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration; Silicification Of Wallrocks

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAINED 44-58% SIO2, 13-36% AL2O3, 3-9% SO3, 17-18% H2O

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56333, 37.4583
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delamar Area (Closest District)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Clay Co. Of Nevada,
    First year 1936

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH QUARRY (PARTLY UNDERGROUND), SOUTH QUARRY; INCLINED TRAM, LOADING BIN, TUNNEL.

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1920 AND 1930. 4 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS, A MILL SITE AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. A LARGE QUANTITY OF MATERIAL WAS SHIPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 851, 1936, P. 174-176

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 124, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    GRAPEVINE SPRING G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM

  • Production

    USGS BULL 871, P. 174-176.

  • Reserve-Resource

    USGS BULL 871, P. 174-176

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS IS THICKEST AT SW END OF THE QUARRY AND APPEARS TO PINCH OUT IN THE FACE OF THE CLIFF TO THE NE. THE QUARRY FACE IS 25 FT HIGH IN THE NORTH QUARRY, WHICH IS PARTLY UNDERGROUND, AND IS SOMEWHAT HIGHER IN THE SOUTH QUARRY. OVERBURDEN IS 20 TO 50 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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