Ash Meadows District

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001011
MRDS ID M231910
Record type District
Current site name Ash Meadows District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.37587, 36.42438 (WGS84)
Relative position LARGEST CLAY DISTRICT IN NEVADA. SITE DATA TAKEN FROM L.A. CHEMICAL COMPANY CLAY PROPERTY, RECORD # M241786(I.E. DISTRICTS' MAIN PRODUCER)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.37587, 36.42438

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name ASH MEADOWS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG, BULL. 77, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 13-16

  • Deposit

    DENNY, C.S. AND DREWES, H., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE ASH MEADOWS QUAD: USGS BULL. 1181-L.

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.