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Earth Sciences Fmr North

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094256
MRDS ID D002142
Record type Site
Current site name Earth Sciences Fmr North

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.05097, 38.42214 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 24 MI. WSW OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Elbow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 026E 34,35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LEASE AREA ON N SIDE LYON - MINERAL COUNTY LINE ASTRIDE DIRT ROAD, SOUTH AND EAST OF A SHARP BEND IN EAST WALKER RIVER CALLED THE ELBOW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization

Analytical data

Result SEVERAL SAMPLES CONTAINING 40 % OR MORE OF ALUNITE HAVE BEEN REPORTED

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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.05097, 38.42214
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 36.58M
    Length 1828.8M
    Width 1066.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXTENSIVE HYPOGENE (?) ALT'N BUT DEGREE OF ALUNITIZATION MAY BE SLIGHT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1973
Discoverer Earth Sciences, Inc.

Mining district

District name Sunny Jim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HIGHLY TENTATIVE RESOURCE EST BY R. B. HALL ALUNITE TENOR UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY LOW
  • RESERVE DATA, IF ANY, ARE PROPRIETARY

Comments on the workings information

  • MEAGER SURFACE EXPLORATION

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION BY EARTH SCIENCES MEAGER, LIMITED TO SURFICIAL SAMPLING ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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