The C-M Alunite Property is a aluminum mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,282 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,282 Feet (1,610 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 37.3556, -114.16810
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C-M Alunite Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: C-M Alunite Property
Secondary: Clover Mountains Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Secondary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Tertiary: Potassium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
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
Type: Federal Lease
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Earth Sciences, Inc.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1974
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1971
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Alunite
Unknown: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION;NO MILL
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX TONNAGE AND GRADE FIGURES WERE DETERMINED BY HUSTEAD OF GEORGIA TECH.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES--ALUNITE. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL
Reference (Deposit): AIME, V. 3, 1974, PP. 683-688.
Reference (Deposit): HALL, R. B. WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM
Reference (Deposit): PAPER IN LIGHT METALS, ED. BY FORBERG AND HELGE.
Reference (Deposit): SCIENCES-NATIONAL SOUTHWIRE ALUNITE-TO-ALUMINA PROJECT.
Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 73, 1970, 186 PP.
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, W. W., AND D. N. STEVENS. THE EARTH
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): PP. 75-78.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C. M., AND E. H. PAMPEYAN. GEOLOGY AND
Reference (Deposit): UTAH. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 175, NO. 8, 1974,
Reference (Deposit): TO 500,000 TPY ALUMINA FROM ALUNITE MINE AND PLANT IN
Reference (Deposit): PAPER 1076-A, 1978, P. 412.
Reference (Deposit): PARKINSON, G. GOLDEN PILOT PLANT POINTS WAY
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.
