Mine detail: Foote Lithium Brine Operation.

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Location

Lat / long: 37.75855, -117.5912

Resource(M)

Primary: Lithium
Ore: Hectorite
Orebody form: BEDDED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1965
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host type:Unconsolidated Deposit
Structure:Faults Cutting Li-Anomalous Volcanics Act As Conduits For Li-Rich Fluids

References

MRDSM242375
DEP10047125
Reference{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78 P. 58}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1976, NBMG BULL 87, P. 29-31}{Deposit:: KUNASZ, I.A., 1970, GEOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF THE LITHIUM DEPOSIT IN CLAYTON VALLEY, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: PHD. THESIS, PENN. STATE UNIV, 114 P.}{Deposit:: NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION BULLETIN, JUNE, 1981.}{Deposit:: KUNASZ, I.A., 1974, LITHIUM OCCURRENCE IN THE BRINES OF CLAYTON VALLEY, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NV, IN FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ON SALT: NORTHERN OHIO GEOL. SOC., INC., CLEVELAND, OHIO; P. 57-66.}{Deposit:: CANNON, H.L., HARMS, T.F. AND HAMILTON, J.C., (1975) LITHIUM IN UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS AND PLANTS OF THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE, SO. CALIF. AND NEVADA: USGS PP 918, 23 P.}{Deposit:: DOLE, R.B., 1973, USGS BULL 530, P. 330-345.}{Production:: PAPKE, K.G., 1976, P. 29-31}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)