| Deposit ID | 10149568 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DO02131 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320170001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | C-M Alunite Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Clover Mountains Deposit |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.16892, 37.35557 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1610 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jacks Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Virgin(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 007 S | 070 E | 09 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Potassium | Tertiary |
| Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Unknown |
| Alunite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -114.16892, 37.35557 |
|---|
| Thickness | 16M | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 3000M | ||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 3000M | ||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 16M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 3000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 3000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 783HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1971 |
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Earth Sciences, Inc. |
| Interest | 50 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1974 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 783HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320170001 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DO02131 | MAS references MRDS |
HALL, R. B. WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM
RESOURCES--ALUNITE. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL
PAPER 1076-A, 1978, P. 412.
PARKINSON, G. GOLDEN PILOT PLANT POINTS WAY
TO 500,000 TPY ALUMINA FROM ALUNITE MINE AND PLANT IN
UTAH. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 175, NO. 8, 1974,
PP. 75-78.
TSCHANZ, C. M., AND E. H. PAMPEYAN. GEOLOGY AND
MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES
AND GEOL. BULL. 73, 1970, 186 PP.
WALKER, W. W., AND D. N. STEVENS. THE EARTH
SCIENCES-NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUNITE-TO-ALUMINA PROJECT.
PAPER IN LIGHT METALS, ED. BY FORBERG AND HELGE.
AIME, V. 3, 1974, PP. 683-688.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-JAN-94 | Mcmahan | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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