The Alum is a mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,023 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,023 Feet (1,531 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.9075, -117.66556
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Alum MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alum
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Alum District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Western Chemicals, Inc.
Home Office: Tonopah, Nv.
Years: 1921 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Weepah Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: ELONGATE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Sulfur
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN,F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO. P. 59-60.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 78, P. 60.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: US GEOL. SURV., PROF. PAPER 55, P. 157-158.
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.
