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Salt Wells Bentonite Mine & Mill

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173600
MAS/MILS ID 0320010487
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Wells Bentonite Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Salt Wells Bentonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.55517, 39.40271 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lahontan Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 030 E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS LISTED AS SECS. 19, 30, AND 31, T. 18 N., R. 31 E., AND SECS. 24 AND 26, T. 18 N., R. 30 E. THE LOCATION OF THIS RECORD IS PLACED AT THE INTERSECTION OF SECS. 24 AND 25, T. 18 N., R. 30 E., AND SECS. 19 AND 30, T. 18 N., R. 31 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.55517, 39.40271
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chemical And Petroleum Corp. Of America
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINES INSPECTION, 1985, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1984, P. 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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