Description
Senator Shepard
Commodities
PrimaryBloating Material
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsMontmorillonite
GanguePlagioclase
Geology
AlterationDiagnostic Alteration Of Stream Deposited Volcanic Ash
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10045494
MRDS IDM233252
Alternate namesElko Soap Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.5663, -115.71451
References
PAPKE, KEITH G., (1970) MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBM BULL. 76WHITEHILL, H. R., (1877), BIENNIAL REPORT AT THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF THE STATE OF NEVADA FOR THE YEARS 1875 AND 1876, CARSON CITY"SILVER STATE", APRIL 21, 1914 (WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA)