Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formFLAT, BLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsMontmorillonite
GangueCristobalite, Illite, Kaolinite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1936
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10044917
MRDS IDM232552
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.77377, -118.71377
References
PAPKE, K. G., 1976, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 76VANDERBURG,936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902