Commodities
PrimaryClay
TertiaryZeolites
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model166: Lithium in smectites of closed basins
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formBEDDED
Materials
Ore mineralsMontmorillonite
GangueAnalcime, Chalcedony
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated rockTuff,Rhyolite,Plutonic Rock
StructureWithin Mcdermitt Caldera Margin
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationHydrothermal
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1979
Identification
Deposit ID10096953
MRDS IDI000465
Alternate namesKings River, Uravada, Mcdermitt Caldera
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.7621, -118.10905
References
LOWE, N.T., RANEY, R.G., AND NORBERG, J.R., 1985, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9035, 202 P.ODOM, I.E., 1992, HECTORITE DEPOSITS IN THE MCDERMITT CALDERA OF NEVADA: LITTLETON, COLORADO, SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT 92-155, 12 P.