Nevada · Nye County
Producer
Surprise No. 1 Claim
Nye County, Nevada, United States
Clay
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Commodities
Primary
Clay
Commodity type
N
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
ALTERATION HOLD AROUND BASALT SILL IN TUFFS
Ore control
Mont Morillonite Mainly In Elongated Bodys On Footwall Side And Occassionally In Hanging Wall Side Of The Basalt Intrusive Body
Materials
Ore minerals
Montmorillonite
Geology
Host rock
Welded Tuff
Associated rock
Basalt
Alteration
Tuff And Minor Basalt Hydrothermally Altered To Montmorillonite
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10100749
MRDS ID
M241783
Alternate names
Beatty Deposits
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
36.90913, -116.74783
References
PAPKE, K.G., 1970, MONTMORILLONITE, BENTONITE, AND FULLER'S EARTH DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 76, P.29