Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer

Vanderbilt Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
Bentonite
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Commodities
PrimaryBentonite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlIn A Zone Of Intense Fracturing And Faulting Of The Amargosa Fault
Geology
Host rockWelded Tuff
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10044481
MRDS IDM231925
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.8883, -116.76839
References
CORNWALL, H.R., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE BULLFROG QUAD. AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO BULLFROG HILLS CALDERA: USGS PP 454-J, P. 23