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Alunite from
B&B mine, Fish Lake Valley Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view B&B mine, Fish Lake Valley Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:273726
Long-form Identifier:1:3:273726:3
GUID (UUID V4):a400484f-087a-4b38-a53f-368948cfbc66
Nearest other occurrences of Alunite
5.8km (3.6 miles) Queen Mine (Indian Queen Mine; Indian Queen-Poorman Mine; Poorman Tunnel), Buena Vista Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
59.9km (37.2 miles) Little Antelope Valley, Mono County, California, USA
60.0km (37.3 miles) McLean Mine, Gilbert Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
70.7km (43.9 miles) Borealis mine, Borealis Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
75.5km (46.9 miles) NE Section 1 Deposit (MRDS10037637), Borealis Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
83.7km (52.0 miles) Unnamed prospect [2], Rhyolite Pass, Luning, Fitting Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
85.6km (53.2 miles) Earth Sciences Montezuma Deposit, Montezuma Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
91.3km (56.7 miles) Silver Pick Shaft, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
91.4km (56.8 miles) Kendall mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N. Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Carolina World Nonbauxite Aluminum Resources Alunite By ROBERT B. HALL GEOLOGY GEOLOGICAL AND RESOURCES...domestic and foreign alunite resources including discussion of possible use of alunite as a nonbauxite ore...Publication Data Hall, Robert B World nonbauxite aluminum resources alunite. (Geology and resources of aluminum)...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Photographs by Stephen B. Castor, Jeff Scovil, Storm Sears, Jeffrey Weissman, and Sugar White copyright...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Photographs by Stephen B. Castor, Jeff Scovil, Storm Sears, Jeffrey Weissman, and Sugar White copyright ©...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved
Report (issue)
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088, U.S.A. Eiji Izawa, Department of Mining, Faculty of Engineering...exploration strategies for epithermal deposits, ±r± Berger, B. R. and Bethke, P. M., eds., Geology and Geochemistry...Fluid-inclusion and geochemical studies at the Emperor gold mine, Fiji; Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, University of...S.A., 72 p. Ashley, R. P., 1974, Goldfield mining district, jLn Guidebook to the geology of four Tertiary...Tertiary volcanic centers in central Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 19, p. 49-66. Ashley
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wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...eh aa nearly 48 million acres of public land in Nevada. Most of the minerals, _ _ geothermal energy, and...ahij 4 = Wh A a ‘ a a y 4 Pte Es in Nevada comes from publicland. First edition, first printing...Leshendok, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eric Moody, Nevada Historical Society é Jon Price, National Research
Report (issue)
1986, Geology and development of the Hishikari mine: Mining Geology, v. 36 (2), no. 196, p. 117. Adams,...exploration strategies for epithermal deposits, in Berger, B. R. and Bethke, P. M., eds., Geology and Geochemistry...Fluid-inclusion and geochemical studies at the Emperor gold mine, Fiji: Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, University of...46, p. 9-24. Ashley, R. P., 1974, Goldfield mining district, in Guidebook to the geology of four Tertiary...Tertiary volcanic centers in centraT~Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 19, p. 49-66. Ashley
Report (issue)
66 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA BY FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME ASSISTED IN THE FIELD..._____ . ___________________ . _. Situation of the district.-~ ............... _..... ______ .. ________________________...______ ..... __ ........... _·_..... History of mining ....................... ............ . __ .. _.... . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER V.-Rocks of the lake epoch...... . .... ...... ................. ...... . . . . . . . CHAPTER X.-MiJ?-eralogy of the district ................... .............. r • • • • •
Report (volume)
Geological Survey Bulletin 1646. I6Li61 101... frcv valley-fill gravel to the east. Basin-and-range-associated...east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district. Hawkins (1982) postulated that the east-west­...scale east-west-trending faults in the Enfield Bell mine are are the Marlboro Canyon, Bell, and Ridge faults...upper- and lower-plate rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district is thought to be a high-angle fault. Exposure...cover in the district. REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY Most of the rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district are Paleozoic
Report (issue)
THE TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC MAGMATIC ARC OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA by Jeff L. Doebrich 1 ,...Open-File Report 96-9 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology This report is preliminary...School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 'Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, MS...MS 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 'U.S. Geological Survey, Retired, 8920 West 2nd......................................... Quartz-Alunite Epithermal Gold-Silver Veins .................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Correlations at Buckskin Mountain, National District, Humboldt County, Nevada PETER G. VIKRE† U.S. Geological Survey...Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 Abstract At Buckskin Mountain...Mountain (elev 2,650 m, 8,743 ft), Humboldt County, Nevada, a hydrothermal system, imposed on a middle Miocene...pervasive zones, ~100 to 200 m thick, of quartz + alunite ± hematite and quartz + kaolinite + pyrite in volcaniclastic...as regional subsidence, manifested by the Goosey Lake depression immediately east of Buckskin Mountain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
904-924 DirectDatingofMineralization atGoldfield, Nevada,by Potassium-Argon andFission-Track Methods R....K-mica from hydrothermally altered rocksat Goldfield,Nevada,yieldsmineralizationagesof 20 to 21 m.y., in good'agreement...Mehnertandothers(1973) to date mineralization in the Summitville district of Colorado. Since 1970 we have obtained .several...K-bearingalterationminerals,alunite and biotite, the principal mineralsused for K-Ar and K-mica, alunite is the more...904 DATING OF MINER.4LIZATION .4T GOLDFIELD, NEVADA 905 icantlyaffected bythermalannealing at thelow
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA S t e p h e n B. C a s t o r a a n d S t e v e n I. W e i s s b "Nevada...Mackay School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno, NV 89557. USA bDepartment of Geological Sciences, Mackay...Mackay School of Mines, Universityof Nevada, Reno. NV 89557, USA (Received August 27, 1991; accepted after...southwestern Nevada volcanic field, USA. Ore Geol. Rev., 7: 193-223. The southwestern Nevada volcanic field...activity during development of the southwestern Nevada volcanic field. During the main magmatic stage
Report (issue)
MEHNERT Crystals of Coexisting Alunite and Jarosite, Goldfield, Nevada By WILLIAM J. KEITH, LEWIS CALK...Concentrations in Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks from the Zhob Valley and Dargai Complexes, Pakistan By NORMAN J. PAGE...Northern Minnesota, by D. L. Southwick and P. K. Sims (B) Potassium-Argon Ages from the Mount Taylor Volcanic...Mehnert (C) Crystals of Coexisting Alunite and Jarosite, Goldfield, Nevada, by William J. Keith, Lewis Calk...Concentrations in Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks from the Zhob Valley and Dargai Complexes, Pakistan, by Norman J. Page
Report (issue)
.......................... Tin greisen model, by B. L. Reed............................................Volcanic exhalative massive sulfide deposits, by B. R. Doe............... Cyprus-type volcanogenic massive...attributes of Au-Ag-base metal epithermal deposits, by B. R. Berger..........................................Ashley............. Model for hydrothermal alunite deposits, R. B. Hall...................... A prospecting...lead-zinc(-barite-fluorite) deposits ("Mississippi Valley-type" deposits), by W. P. Pratt.......... Page
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ElRoy Nelson . Paul S. Rattle . Miles P. Romney. Joe B. Rosenbaum Raymond T. Senior H. R. Spedden . . . William...University United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company · . . . Utah Geological Association · ... .First Security Corporation . . . . . . .Utah Mining Association · United Park City Mines Company ·...officio member MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA by Eugene Callaghan ...AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah BULLETIN 102 PRICE $6.00 JUNE 1973
Report (issue)
STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of...done during the present fiscal year. THOMAS .• t B. NOLAN, Director . nr CONTENTS ' Page For...___________________ 121. Thalenite from Teller County, Colorado, by J. W. Adams, F. A. Hildebrand, and... N. Harshman____________________________ 123. Alunite on Aspen Mountain, southwestern Wyoming, by J.D...spatial relation to the uranium deposits at Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico, by If. C. Granger·----------------
Report (volume)
Rocks, Sleeper Gold-Silver Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada Geology and Geochemistry of Tertiary Volcanic...Rocks, Sleeper Gold-Silver Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada By J. Thomas Nash, William C. Utterback, and...rocks, Sleeper gold-silver deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada I by J. Thomas Nash, William C. Utterback,...Gold ores-Geology-Nevada-Humboldt County. 2. Silver ores-GeologyNevada-Humboldt County. 3. Geology, St...Stratigraphic-Tertiary. 4. GeologyNevada-Humboldt County. I. Utterback, W.C. II. Trudel, Wayne S. III. Title
Report (volume)
Virginia--National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125...622 s [TN263] 622'.1] 86-600250 PREFACE By Paul B. Barton Conceptual models that describe the essential...models (Cox, 1983a and b) and 37 grade-tonnage models (Singer and Mosier, 1983a and b) were applied to the...shown conclusively that the classic Mississippi Valley-type ores cannot have originated from either syngenetic... CONTENTS Preface, by Paul B. Barton III Introduction, by Dennis P. Cox, Paul B. Barton, and Donald A.
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types (classification number in Appendices A and B) 48 Podiform chromite (1.1) 7 Porphyry copper...models Dennis P. Cox, editor (86 pages) Appendix B: Mineral deposit grade-tonnage models D. A. Singer...manganese 37 Bauxite 39 Nickel laterite 42 18a, b. 19. iii MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF COLOMBIA...appendices: (A) a compendium of ore deposit models, and (B) a compendium of grade/tonnage models. The scope of...deposit types is referred to in Appendices A and B; the Table of Contents for Appendix A shows the classification
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........... Copper deposits of the White Mesa district, Ariz., by J. M. Hill............ Survey publications...the Dome district, Idaho, by J. B. Umpleby.... The Yellow Pine mining district, Clark County, Nev., by...ALUMINUM ORES: Alunite in granite porphyry near Patagonia, Ariz., by F. C. Schrader.... Alunite at Bovard...in Death,Valley, Gal., by H. S. Gale.............. 407 Salt, borax, and potash in Saline Valley, Inyo Coun*v_...sulphate in the Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, Cal., by U.S. Gale...........................
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instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (volume)
Understanding United States Mineral Resources A. B. C. D. E. F. Part 2. 5 25 31 35 45 60 A...mineral belt, eastern Great Basin, Utah By Douglas B. Stoeser............................................Basement structure in the Railroad Valley-Grant Range region, eastcentral Nevada, from interpretation of potential-field...convergence in the genesis of some Mississippi-Valley-type zinc deposits in the Appalachians By Dwight...geology and mineral deposits of the Berenguela district, northwestern Bolivia By Alan R. Wallace, Richard
Report (issue)
Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been............................31 Epithermal quartz-alunite gold-silver deposits (model 25e of Cox and Singer........................................98 APPENDIX B RESULTS OF THE MARK3 ENDOWMENT SIMULAT1ONS.......
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Professional Paper Ill THE ORE ~DEPOSITS OF UTAH BY B. S. BUTLER, G. F. LOUGHLIN, V. C. HEIKES AND OTHERS...................... Part I. General features, by B. S. Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... Lake deposits............................................................ . ........... Valley deposits...84 85 87 87 87 87 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH. By B. S. BuTLER. PART !._:_GENERAL FEATURES. INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION. reports are those on the Mercur district, by J. E. Spurr and S. F. Emmons; the Bingham The senior
 
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