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Boyd Alunite Deposit

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197968
MRDS ID M241661
MAS/MILS ID 0320170046
Record type Site
Current site name Boyd Alunite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Boyd Alvnite Deposit, Pink Hills Alunite, American Clay Co. Deposit, Rainbow Canyon Alunite
Related records 10098663

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.56943, 37.46387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Location accuracy 10(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 005 S 066 E 35 SESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.56943, 37.46387
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 3561, 1941, P. 18-19.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, P. 124.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 28-87, 1987, FIG. 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-91 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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