The Unnamed Deposit is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,359 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,359 Feet (2,243 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.41167, -118.80083
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Unnamed Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Potassium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Corey Peak (Sw)
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1964
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Corey Peak, Wassuk Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: X - RAY & CHEM ANALYSIS OF PIT SAMPLE SHOWS HIGH - GRADE ALUNITE ORE
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ALUNITE EXPOSED WITHIN A BROAD ZONE OF ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS THAT TRENDS NORTHWESTERLY. WITH SCATTERED QUARTZ BLEBS AND THIN, INCOMPLETELY ALTERED STRINGERS
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION CONSISTS OF A BULLDOZER TRENCH
Comment (Workings): SINGLE SHALLOW TRENCH ABOUT 60 FT TOTAL LENGTH
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Location): PROSPECT TRENCH SW BASE COREY PEAK
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TENTATIVE RESOURCE EST BY R. B. HALL
References
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 14 , P. 30 .
Reference (Deposit): HALL, R. B., 1978 , WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: USGS PROF. PAPER 1076-A, P. A13 .
Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076-A
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58, 98 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 DIREXPL UNKNOWN: TRENCH
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.
