C-M Alunite Property

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

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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.