Commodities
PrimaryClay
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlRhyolitic Unit
Materials
Ore mineralsMontmorillonite
GangueGypsum, Opal, Quartz
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Rhyolite · Esmeralda Formation
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationArgillic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10046837
MRDS IDM242052
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.91438, -117.8451
References
ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NV.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78, P.61PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 76, P.20-21.OLSON, R.H., 1964, CLAYS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA; .B.M.G. BULL. 65, P. 185-189.USBM, MILS DATA, 1978