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Sulphur Deposit

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium, Sulfur, Silver, Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009272
MRDS ID D002144
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66766, 40.88044 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 50 MI BY ROAD W OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Floka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 029E 25,35,36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI E OF SULPHUR RR STATION IN WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE KAMMA MTNS. TOWNSHIP, RANGE, AND SECTION INFERRED. SECTION LINES NOT YET SURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Primary
Sulfur Primary
Silver Secondary
Mercury Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Silver Ore
Sulfur Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result 3 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 12.4 % TO 76.2 % ALUNITE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66766, 40.88044
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GARDNER (1944, UNPUB. REPT.) DESCRIBES TWO UNITS, ONE WHITE OVERLYING A BROWN UNIT, WHICH IS HOST FOR ALUNITE VEINS. HOST ROCKS ARE TUFF BRECCIAS, POSSIBLY WELDED, STRONGLY ALTERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Discoverer I. C. Clark
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Sulphur (Black Rock) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN 3000 ST OF VEIN ALUNITE PRODUCED, 500 TONS OF WHICH WERE SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA AS DIRECT APPLICATION FERTILIZER. HOWEVER, THIS AREA IS BETTER KNOWN FOR SULFUR MINING AND A TOTAL OF SOME 40,000 ST. OF S SAID TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY BY VARIOUS COMPANIES BETWEEN 1875 AND 1929 . SMALL PROD. OF AG AND OF HG ALSO REPORTED FROM SULFUR DEPOSITS AND NEIGHBORING TERRANE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Measured 11000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Alunite 75 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1944
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Indicated 84000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Alunite 70 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1944

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1: MEASURED RESERVE; ITEM 2: INDICATED PLUS INFERRED RESERVE IN VEINS EST BY GARDNER (UNPUB. REPT., 1944)
  • TENTATIVE RESOURCE EST BY HALL CONSIDERS ALUNITIZED WALL ROCK LOW - GRADE ORE. POTENTIAL IS POOR.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN PITS WORKED FOR SULFUR NOT ALUNITE . OLD ALUNITE WORKINGS VISIBLE AS ABANDONED OPEN STOPES IN 3 NEARLY VERTICAL VEINS. 2 OR MORE ADITS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN IN EACH IMPORTANT VEIN OR GROUP OF VEINS AND 2 SHAFTS WERE DRIVEN IN THE WESTERN VEIN GROUP. TOTAL LENGTH OF THE ADITS IS 400 - 500 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 17

  • Deposit

    CLARK, I. C., 1918 , RECENTLY RECOGNIZED ALUNITE DEPOSITS AT SULPHUR, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 106 , NO. 4 , P. 159 - 162 .

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, L. S., 1944 , UNPUB. REPT. IN USGS FILE

  • Deposit

    THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 17 - 18 .

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INF. CIRC. 6995 , P. 44 - 47 .

  • Deposit

    5) WILLDEN, R., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59 , P. 111 .

  • Deposit

    1918 RECON I. C. CLARK: PUB. REPT.

  • Deposit

    1937 RECON USBM: I. C. 6995

  • Deposit

    1940 RECON USBM: R. I. 3561

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP L. S. GARDNER: UNPUB. REPT.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076-A

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938 , USBM I. C. 6995 ; GARDNER, L. S., 1944 , UNPUB. REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS OF ALUNITE LOCATED NORTH OF THE MAIN SULFUR DEPOSITS. PRODUCTION WAS FROM 3 MAIN VEINS THAT ARE IN SHARPLY DEFINED FISSURES AND WERE PARALLEL. AVERAGE VEIN THICKNESS IS 4 FT. SEVERAL OTHER VEINS PRESENT WITH 2 ADDITIONAL FISSURE VEINS 1400 FT. WEST OF THOSE MENTIONED ABOVE, ONE 20 FT. WIDE BUT CONTAINING LOWER GRADE ALUNITE. STRIKE OF THE VEINS IS PARALLEL TO THE GENERAL TREND OF THE ALTERED AREA. VEINS OCCUR IN 2 PARALLEL SWARMS 1200 FT. APART. STRIKE RANGES FROM NORTH TO N 30 DEG. E. SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATA GIVEN IS FOR ALUNITE DEPOSIT.

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
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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