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Unnamed Deposit

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009268
MRDS ID D002141
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.80179, 38.41159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position 19 MI. BY ROAD SW OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 028W 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT TRENCH SW BASE COREY PEAK

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

Analytical data

Result X - RAY & CHEM ANALYSIS OF PIT SAMPLE SHOWS HIGH - GRADE ALUNITE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Plunge direction BULLDOZER CUT EXPOSED ALUNITE A MINIMUM OF 3 FT. THICK OVER A LENGTH OF 60 FT. HALL ( 1978 ) STATES THAT THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE LOCAL AND SHALLOW
    Thickness 36.58M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 152.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALUNITE EXPOSED WITHIN A BROAD ZONE OF ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS THAT TRENDS NORTHWESTERLY. WITH SCATTERED QUARTZ BLEBS AND THIN, INCOMPLETELY ALTERED STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1964

Mining district

District name Corey Peak (Sw)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TENTATIVE RESOURCE EST BY R. B. HALL

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE SHALLOW TRENCH ABOUT 60 FT TOTAL LENGTH

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION CONSISTS OF A BULLDOZER TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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