Mine detail: Silver Peak Marsh

Previously called 'Clayton Valley'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.75272, -117.63981

Resource(B)

Primary: Bromine, Lithium
Secondary: Halite
Tertiary: Clay, Boron-Borates
Ore: Brine, Halite
Gangue: Gypsum, Hectorite, Ulexite
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1966

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud,Silt,Evaporite
Associated rock:Esmeralda Formation
Associated type:Clay, Mud,Tuff
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSI001104
DEP10023695
Reference{Deposit:: LOWE, N.T., RANEY, R.G., AND NORBERG, J.R., 1985, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9035, 202 P.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1976, EVAPORITES AND BRINES IN NEVADA PLAYAS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 87, 35 P.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1993, AMAX AND CYPRUS MERGER HITS DELAY, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 312, P. 21-22.}{Deposit:: DOLE, R.B., 1913, EXPLORATION OF SALINES IN SILVER PEAK MARSH, NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY--1911: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 530, P. 330-345.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1993.}{Reserve-Resource:: LOWE AND OTHERS, 1985, IS THE SOURCE OF THE LITHIUM RESERVES. THE HALITE ESTIMATE IS FROM PAPKE, 1976. THE FOURTH FIGURE IS FROM PAPKE (1976).}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.