The Earth Sciences Fmr North is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium
Lat, Long: 38.42222, -119.05000
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Earth Sciences Fmr North MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Earth Sciences Fmr North
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Sunny Jim
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEVERAL SAMPLES CONTAINING 40 % OR MORE OF ALUNITE HAVE BEEN REPORTED
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Geology): EXTENSIVE HYPOGENE (?) ALT'N BUT DEGREE OF ALUNITIZATION MAY BE SLIGHT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): HIGHLY TENTATIVE RESOURCE EST BY R. B. HALL ALUNITE TENOR UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY LOW
Comment (Location): LEASE AREA ON N SIDE LYON - MINERAL COUNTY LINE ASTRIDE DIRT ROAD, SOUTH AND EAST OF A SHARP BEND IN EAST WALKER RIVER CALLED THE ELBOW
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE DATA, IF ANY, ARE PROPRIETARY
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION BY EARTH SCIENCES MEAGER, LIMITED TO SURFICIAL SAMPLING ONLY
Comment (Workings): MEAGER SURFACE EXPLORATION
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: HALL, R. B., 1978 , USGS PROF. PAPER 1076-A, P. A13
Reference (Deposit): HALL, R. B., 1978 , WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: USGS PROF. PAPER 1076-A, P. A13 .
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 75 , 45 P. , 45 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1973 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES: LEASE
Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON R. B. HALL: USGS PROF. PAPER 1076-A
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.
