The Unnamed Deposit is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 36.95, -116.64167
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Unnamed Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Potassium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Beatty (Yucca)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Yucca Mountains
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: FEW X - RAY AND CHEM ANALYSIS SHOW ALUNITE TENOR ABOUT 17 PERCENT IN MOST FAVORABLE AREA
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PERVASIVE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LOW-GRADE ALUNITIZATION OF VOLCANIC ROCKS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POTENTIAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE HIGHLY TENTATIVE BY R. B. HALL
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO BASIS FOR ESTIMATING RESERVE
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Location): W FLANK OF YUCCA MTNS. SECTION LINES UNSURVEYED. SECTION INFERRED BY LINE EXTENSION.
Comment (Development): SCATTERED SURFICIAL PROSPECT WORKINGS FOR UNKNOWN MINERAL OR MINERALS
Comment (Workings): LOW GRADE ALUNITIZATION; EXTENT UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): SO FAR AS KNOWN, ALUNITIZATION IS LOW-GRADE BUT AFFECTS LARGE VOLUME OF TERT VOLCANIC ROCKS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076-A
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL., VOL. 38 , NO. 5 , P. 143 .
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R., 1962 , CALDERAS AND ASSOCIATED VOLCANIC ROCKS NEAR BEATTY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA BUDDINGTON VOL., P. 357 - 371 .
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R., AND KLEINHAMPL, F. J., 1961 , GEOLOGY OF THE BARE MTN. QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-157 .
Reference (Deposit): 1950 DIREXPL PROSP. PITS
Reference (Deposit): 1960 GEOLMAP H. R. CORNWALL AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL: USGS MAP GQ-157
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.
