Nevada · Nye County
Occurrence
Roswell Deposits
Nye County, Nevada, United States
Clay
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Commodities
Primary
Clay
Commodity type
N
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Materials
Ore minerals
Montmorillonite
Geology
Host rock
Ash-Flow Tuff
Alteration
Most Of Tuff Is Fresh - Some Shows Montmorillonite Alteration
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10046600
MRDS ID
M241786
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
36.89302, -116.78033
References
PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 76, P. 29