| Deposit ID | 10222289 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320130482 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kings Valley |
| Alternate or previous names | Kings River Lithium, Uravada, Mcdermitt Caldera Lithium, Montana Mountains |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.10909, 41.76208 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2080 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jordan Meadow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 045 N | 033+E | 24 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lithium Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hectorite | Ore |
| Analcime | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcedony | Unknown |
| Montmorillonite | Unknown |
| (1) | -118.10909, 41.76208 |
|---|
| Thickness | 75M | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 15000M | ||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1000M | ||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 75M | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1979 |
| District name | None |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. M. Huber Corp. |
| Home office | Georgia |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chevron Resources |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jim And Grace Lebrett |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank And Ann Bengoa |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Norman Lebret, Pricilla Vaagen, George And Lynn Lebret |
| Home office | Washington |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Lessee |
|---|---|
| Owner | Western Energy Development Corporation |
| Type | Lessee |
|---|---|
| Owner | Western Lithium Corporation |
| Year | 2011 |
| First year | 2007 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320130482 |
108. DAVIDSON, C. F. RECOVERY OF LITHIUM FROM CLAY BY SELECTIVE CHLORINATION. BUMINES RI 8523, 1981, 19 PP.
125. EDLUND, V. E. LIME-GYPSUM PROCESSING OF MCDERMITT CLAY FOR LITHIUM RECOVERY. BUMINES RI 8832, 1983, 15 PP.
155. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. PLACER AMEX FINDS URANIUM IN TERTIARY CALDERA. V. 180, NO. 2, 1979, PP. 29-31.
244. HARGROVE, H. R. GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE MONTANA MOUNTAINS, MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, AZ ST. UNIV., TEMPE, AZ, 1983, 97 PP.
379. LIEN, R. H. RECOVERY OF LITHIUM FROM CLAY BY A ROAST-LEACH- PRECIPITATION PROCESS. PRES. AT 35TH SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEETING, AMER. CHEM. SOC., CHARLOTTE, NC, NOV. 9-11, 1983, 15 PP; AVAILABLE FROM BUMINES SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH CENTER, SALT LAKE CITY, UT.
396. MAY, J. T., C. F. DAVIDSON, AND V. E. EDLUND. EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM MCDERMITT CLAY. PRES. AT TMS/AIME LIGHT METALS COMMITTEE ANNU. MEETING, DALLAS, TX, FEB. 15-19, 1982, 11 PP.
397. MAY, J. T., D. S. WITKOWSKY, AND D. C. SEIDEL. EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM CLAYS BY ROAST-LEACH TREATMENT. BUMINES RI 8432, 1980, 16 PP.
NI 43-101 Technical Report, Kings Valley Lithium, Nevada, USA, prepared by AMEC, Dec. 15, 2008 for Western Lithium Canada Corporation, accessed Jan. 10,2011 from company website at http://www.westernlithium.com (under Project, then Reports)
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-MAR-92 | Koehler | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 12-JAN-11 | Nicholson, S.W. | U.S. Geological Survey | updated name, references, and additional properties |
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