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Clover Mountains Deposit

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009261
MRDS ID D002131
Record type Site
Current site name Clover Mountains Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16332, 37.35414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 26 MI. SE OF CALIENTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacks Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 070E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.3 MI. W OF KATE SPRING ON COTTONWOOD CREEK. SECTION LINES NOT SURVEYED. SECTION INFERRED BY LINE EXTENSION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization Due To Solfataric Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16332, 37.35414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1973
Discoverer Earth Sciences Inc.

Mining district

District name Clover Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Earth Sciences, Inc.
    Home office Golden, Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FEW EXISTING DATA ARE PROPRIETARY

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION ACTIVITY, IF ANY, NOT KNOWN

Comments on development

  • EXTENT OF EXPLORATION UNKNOWN BUT BELIEVED TO BE VERY LITTLE SO FAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EKREN, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1976, IN PREPARATION, USGS MISC. INV. SERIES MAP (NO NUMBER ASSIGNED YET), TITLED "GEOLOGIC MAP OF TERTIARY ROCKS, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA"

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C. M., AND PAMPEYAN, E. H., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RESOURCES BULL. 73 , P. 65 , 68 , 73 , 102 - 103 .

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOLMAP C. M. TSCHANZ AND E. H. PAMPEYAN: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RESOURCES BULL. 73

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON EARTH SCIENCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Hall, Robert B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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