Alumpure/Fulfur Pure Patented Clms

The Alumpure/Fulfur Pure Patented Clms is a sulfur mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,023 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Alumpure/Fulfur Pure Patented Clms

Commodity

Primary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Kaolin
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Alum District

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: Western Chemicals Inc. Of Tonopah
Years: 1923 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermally Altered Rhyolite

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 11.4 % K20

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., N.V.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78.

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 55, P. 157-158.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, MAY 15, 1983.

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.