Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
TertiarySulfur, Mercury
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Kaolinite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockShale
StructureNe-Trending Fault
AlterationStrong Alteration, Probably By Hot-Springs Activity
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1922
Identification
Deposit ID10047473
MRDS IDM242830
Alternate namesNew York Canyon Kaolin, NBMG Sample Site 2720, Adamson-Dickson Kaolin Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.05684, -118.00402
References
PAPKE, K. G., 9 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO, NV., P. 12.BUWALDA, J. P., "NEVADA", IN `HIGH-GRADE CLAYS OF THE EASTERN U.S. WITH NOTES ON SOME WESTERN CLAYS '; USGS BULL 709, 1922, P. 122-124.PAPKE, K. G. (1984)