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Ash Meadows Zeolite Deposit, Inyo Co., California, USA

REF:Deposit:: O'DRISCOLL, MIKE, 1990, MINERALS IN THE US SOUTH-WEST--BREAKING ROCKS IN THE HOT SUN: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 272, P. 53-87.
Deposit:: SURDAM, R.C., 1986 (1977), ZEOLITES IN CLOSED HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS, IN MUMPTON, F.A., ED., MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF NATURAL ZEOLITES: MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA REVIEWS IN MINERALOGY, V. 4, P. 65-91.
Deposit:: SHEPPARD, R.A., AND GUDE, A.J. 3D, DISTRIBUTION AND GENESIS OF AUTHIGENIC SILICATE MINERALS IN TUFF OF PLEISTOCENE LAKE TECOPA, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 597, 38 P.
Deposit:: ROSEN, NATHALIE, 1993, AMERICAN RESOURCES' GROWTH STRATEGY: MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH, P. 104-110.
Reserve-Resource:: ANACONDA FILES, 1991; ROSEN, 1993.
Commodities (Major) - Zeolites; (Trace) - Boron-Borates
Development Status: Producer
Deposit Model: 171: Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of saline, alkaline-lake depos
Structure: Normal Faults Cut Lake Deposits In The Southeast Part Of The Basin
Host Rock: Tuff, Clay, Mud, Mudstone
Tectonic Structure: Basin And Range





Map Reference: 35°57'N , 116°15'W

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
  • Opal4.DA.10
    SiO
     
    2
    ·nH
     
    2
    O
    Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
  • Calcite5.AB.05
    CaCO
     
    3
    Group 9 - Silicates
  • Searlesite9.EF.15
    NaBSi
     
    2
    O
     
    5
    (OH)
     
    2
    Unclassified Minerals
  • 'Chabazite'-
  • 'Clay'-
  • 'Clinoptilolite'-
  • 'Erionite'-


    7 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.

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