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Earth Sciences Montezuma Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009266
MRDS ID D002138
Record type Site
Current site name Earth Sciences Montezuma Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.30369, 37.71106 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position 4 MI. W OF GOLDFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 003S 042E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN CREST OF MONTEZUMA MTN. RANGE AND MALPAIS MESA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Gold Ore
Clay Gangue
Cristobalite Gangue
Mica Gangue

Analytical data

Result X - RAY OF 3 SAMPLES ONLY SUGGESTS CONSIDERABLE HETEROGENEITY

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.30369, 37.71106
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1828.8M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 36.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1972
Discoverer Earth Sciences, Inc.

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

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

  • MINOR PROD OF PRECIOUS METALS FROM OLD MINES BUT NO ALUNITE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT EST OF RESERVES
  • HIGHLY TENTATIVE RESOURCE EST BY R. B. HALL

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD MINES WORKED FOR GOLD 1905 TO 1920'S

Comments on development

  • SOME TEST PITTING FOR ALUNITE BY EARTH SCIENCES, INC. 1972 - 1973

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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