Commodities
PrimaryBentonite, Fullers Earth
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlLake Bed
Materials
Ore mineralsBentonite, Chlorite, Illite, Montmorillonite, Saponite
Geology
Host rockLake Sediments
AlterationDeposit Formed By Alteration Of Tuffaceous Playa Lake Beds
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1918
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10046583
MRDS IDM241768
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.44998, -116.42587
References
PAPKE, K.G., 1970, NBMG BULL 76, P. 32-34.CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77, P. 35.COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943, NBMG BULL NO. 38, P. 117.KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 13-16ARCIENEGA, V.M., 1926, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 121, P. 408.