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Boyd Alunite Prospect

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098663
MRDS ID M241661
Record type Site
Current site name Boyd Alunite Prospect
Related records 10197968

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56916, 37.46414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elgin NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 0055 066E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST WALL OF MEADOW VALLEY WASH IN RAINBOW CANYON NEAR BOYD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Hydrothermal Alteration

Analytical data

Result DEPOSIT CONTAINS 38.5% ALUNITE OR 4.58% K2O, AND 15% SO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56916, 37.46414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Dip 90
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delamar Area (Closest District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • BOTH PROSPECT PITS, AND A QUARRY

Comments on development

  • 3 CARLOADS SHIPPED FOR FERTILIZER TO LOS ANGELES. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 871, P. 145-146.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 70, P. 124, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    GRAPEVINE SPRING G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE PINK AND WHITE ALUNITE, NOTICEABLY HEAVIER THAN THE SURROUNDING GREY OR WHITE POROUS ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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