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Earth Sciences Ctr West Deposit

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Sulfur, Aluminum, Potassium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009264
MRDS ID D002135
Record type Site
Current site name Earth Sciences Ctr West Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2148, 37.54995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 11 MI. S OF GOLDFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 042E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN HILLS 1 MI. W OF US HIGHWAY 95

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Sulfur Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Highly Altd., Silicified, Alunitized Rock Caused By Solfataric Action.

Analytical data

Result SPARSE X - RAY & CHEM DATA SUGGEST ALUNITE TENOR ABOUT 30 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BLANKET
    Thickness 36.58M
    Length 1524M
    Width 1219.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer F. L. Ransome: Usgs

Mining district

District name Goldfield District - Cuprite

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Earth Sciences, Inc.
    Home office Golden, Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF SULFUR PROD BUT NO ALUNITE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE DATA, IF ANY, ARE PROPRIETARY
  • RESOURCE EST. BY R. B. HALL HIGHLY TENTATIVE

Comments on development

  • EARTH SCIENCES INC. HAS PUT DOWN FEW SHALLOW TEST PITS 1972 - 1973 ; ECON.COM: HALL ( 1978 ) SAYS STRONG SILICIFICATION AND LOCAL ZONES CONTAINING DISPERSED NATIVE SULFUR DILUTE THE ALUNITIZED BODY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATA GIVEN IS FOR ALUNITE DEPOSIT ONLY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Hall, Robert B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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