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Preble Mountain Alunite

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150421
MAS/MILS ID 0320230767
Record type Site
Current site name Preble Mountain Alunite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.15651, 37.70775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 043 E 04 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG APPROXIMATED. CLAIMS INCLUDE SECTIONS 5,6,7,8,17,18.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.15651, 37.70775
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gexa Gold Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1987. MAY, 1988.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 66, 1909, P. 130.

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT OF INVEST. 3561, 1941, P. 16.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-SEP-1988 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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