The Clover Mountains Deposit is a mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.35417, -114.16250
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Clover Mountains Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clover Mountains Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Potassium
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Clover Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Earth Sciences, Inc.
Home Office: Golden, Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1973
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Clover Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization Due To Solfataric Alteration
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.3 MI. W OF KATE SPRING ON COTTONWOOD CREEK. SECTION LINES NOT SURVEYED. SECTION INFERRED BY LINE EXTENSION.
Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION ACTIVITY, IF ANY, NOT KNOWN
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FEW EXISTING DATA ARE PROPRIETARY
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Development): EXTENT OF EXPLORATION UNKNOWN BUT BELIEVED TO BE VERY LITTLE SO FAR
References
Reference (Deposit): EKREN, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1976, IN PREPARATION, USGS MISC. INV. SERIES MAP (NO NUMBER ASSIGNED YET), TITLED "GEOLOGIC MAP OF TERTIARY ROCKS, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA"
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C. M., AND PAMPEYAN, E. H., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RESOURCES BULL. 73 , P. 65 , 68 , 73 , 102 - 103 .
Reference (Deposit): 1956 GEOLMAP C. M. TSCHANZ AND E. H. PAMPEYAN: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RESOURCES BULL. 73
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON EARTH SCIENCES
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
