Nevada · Nye County
Occurrence
Wonder No. 1 Claim
Nye County, Nevada, United States
Clay
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Commodities
Primary
Clay
Commodity type
N
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Ore control
Clay Occurs Under Basalt Sill, Alteration Product Of Tuff
Materials
Ore minerals
Montmorillonite
Geology
Host rock
Ash-Flow Tuff
Associated rock
Basalt
Alteration
Tuffs Hydrothermally Altered To Montmorillonite
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10046594
MRDS ID
M241779
Alternate names
Beatty Deposits
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
36.89636, -116.74506
References
PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLERS EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 76, P. 29