Walker Lake Deposit

Unknown in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197961
MAS/MILS ID 0320210374
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Lake Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.59736, 38.64102 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ryan Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 030 E 14 E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -118.59736, 38.64102

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAY TYPE IS MONTMORILLONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL.76 1970 P.24

  • Deposit

    CLAY COMMODITY IS MONTMORILLONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.