Kings Valley

The Kings Valley is a lithium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,824 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

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Site Name

Primary: Kings Valley
Secondary: Kings River Lithium
Secondary: Uravada
Secondary: Mcdermitt Caldera Lithium
Secondary: Montana Mountains

Commodity

Primary: Lithium
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: None

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: Norman Lebret, Pricilla Vaagen, George And Lynn Lebret
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: Frank And Ann Bengoa
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: Jim And Grace Lebrett
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: J. M. Huber Corp.
Home Office: Georgia
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: Chevron Resources
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: Western Lithium Corporation
Info Year: 2011
Years: 2007 -

Owner Name: Western Energy Development Corporation

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1979
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

Ore: Hectorite
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Analcime

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): POTENTIALLY THE LARGEST SINGLE LITHIUM RESOURCE IN THE U.S.

Comment (Geology): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE. TYPE OF ORE BODY;VOLCANIC MOAT DEPOSITS. ORIGIN OF ORE BODY IS HOTSPRINGS. ORE IS CONTROLLED BY HOT SPRINGS VENT ZONES AND MOAT SEDS. DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE IS HORIZONTAL. ALTERATION: ZEOLITE

Comment (Geology): LITHOLOGY IS HECTORITE. CONTAINING A DRILL HOLE INDICATED RESOURCE OF 200 MILLION MT AVERAGING 1.2% LI2O.

Comment (Location): GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 48 KM SW OF MCDERMITT.

References

Reference (Deposit): NI 43-101 Technical Report, Kings Valley Lithium, Nevada, USA, prepared by AMEC, Dec. 15, 2008 for Western Lithium Canada Corporation, accessed Jan. 10,2011 from company website at http://www.westernlithium.com (under Project, then Reports)
URL: http://www.westernlithium.com

Reference (Deposit): 397. MAY, J. T., D. S. WITKOWSKY, AND D. C. SEIDEL. EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM CLAYS BY ROAST-LEACH TREATMENT. BUMINES RI 8432, 1980, 16 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 379. LIEN, R. H. RECOVERY OF LITHIUM FROM CLAY BY A ROAST-LEACH- PRECIPITATION PROCESS. PRES. AT 35TH SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEETING, AMER. CHEM. SOC., CHARLOTTE, NC, NOV. 9-11, 1983, 15 PP; AVAILABLE FROM BUMINES SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH CENTER, SALT LAKE CITY, UT.

Reference (Deposit): 396. MAY, J. T., C. F. DAVIDSON, AND V. E. EDLUND. EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM MCDERMITT CLAY. PRES. AT TMS/AIME LIGHT METALS COMMITTEE ANNU. MEETING, DALLAS, TX, FEB. 15-19, 1982, 11 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 125. EDLUND, V. E. LIME-GYPSUM PROCESSING OF MCDERMITT CLAY FOR LITHIUM RECOVERY. BUMINES RI 8832, 1983, 15 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 244. HARGROVE, H. R. GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE MONTANA MOUNTAINS, MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, AZ ST. UNIV., TEMPE, AZ, 1983, 97 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 221. GLANZMAN, R. K., J. H. MCCARTHY JR., AND J. J. RYTUBA. LITHIUM IN THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA AND OREGON. ENERGY, V. 3, 1978, PP. 347-353.

Reference (Deposit): 108. DAVIDSON, C. F. RECOVERY OF LITHIUM FROM CLAY BY SELECTIVE CHLORINATION. BUMINES RI 8523, 1981, 19 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 602. RYTUBA, J. J., AND R. K. GLANZMAN. RELATION OF MERCURY, URANIUM, AND LITHIUM DEPOSITS TO THE MCDERMITT CALDERA COMPLEX, NEVADA- OREGON. PAPER IN PAPERS ON MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. NV BUMINES AND GEOL. REP. 33, 1979, PP. 109-117.

Reference (Deposit): 155. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. PLACER AMEX FINDS URANIUM IN TERTIARY CALDERA. V. 180, NO. 2, 1979, PP. 29-31.

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.