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Alumpure/Fulfur Pure Patented Clms

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Sulfur, Kaolin, 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046821
MRDS ID M242034
Record type Site
Current site name Alumpure/Fulfur Pure Patented Clms

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.66649, 37.90772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1531
Relative position 11 MILES NN W OF SILVER PEAK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North of Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 039E 28,29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Kaolin Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermally Altered Rhyolite

Analytical data

Result 11.4 % K20

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.66649, 37.90772
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip MODERATELY EAST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheeting In Rhyolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Mining district

District name Alum District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Chemicals Inc. Of Tonopah
    First year 1923

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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