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Ne Section 1 Deposit

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037637
MRDS ID M035780
Record type Site
Current site name Ne Section 1 Deposit
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.80207, 38.41186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position SO END WASSUK RANGE

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 028E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI SW OF LUCKY BOY PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RATHER PURE, FINE GRAINED, WHITE ALUNITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCATTERED QTZ. BLEBS AND THIN, INCOMPLETELY ALTERED STRINGERS REMAIN IN THE ALUNITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUT EXPOSES ALUNITE AT LEAST 3 FT THICK OVER A LENGTH OF ABOUT 60 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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