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Ash Meadows (Nevada)

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Zeolites
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295004
MAS/MILS ID 0320230220
Record type Site
Current site name Ash Meadows (Nevada)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.40897, 36.41668 (WGS84)
Elevation 658

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(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 018 S 049 E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.40897, 36.41668
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLINOPTILOLITE REPORTED IN TERTIARY TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Resources Corporation
    Home office Greenbrae, California
    Year 1993

Comments on the ownership information

  • Company was called New Gold, Inc, incorporated in Nevada in 1885. Then filed for Bankruptcy in 1990 and reorganized under the present name.

Comments on the production information

  • In 1991, produced about 20% of all high grade clinoptilolite in the U.S.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Reserves 3100000metric tons
    Indicated 44000000metric tons
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zeolites clinoptilolite 90 wt-pct Zeolites Primary 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    Stephen B. Castor, Brett T. McLaurin, Steve Ludington, and Kathryn S. Flyn, 2006, Chapter F. Mineral Resource Potential of the Ash Meadows and Amargosa Mesquite Trees Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, Nye County, Nevada, in Mineral Resource Assessment of Selected Areas in Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada, Edited by Steve Ludington: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5197, 13 p.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NEV IND MIN (1973) P 35

  • Deposit

    ROSEN, NATHALIE, 1993, AMERICAN RESOURCES' GROWTH STRATEGY: MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH, P. 104-110.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1181-L, 1965, PLATE 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 07-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added information from other sources

Beyond USGS

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

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