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Silver Peak

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Lithium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024762
MRDS ID ISM0514
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Peak
Alternate or previous names Clayton Valley
Related records 10295160

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63425, 37.74994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Relative position PONDS,PLANT
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Comments on the location information

  • TOTAL SURFACE OF EVAPORATION PONDS ABOUT 16 SQKM
  • REGION E OF YELLOWKNIFE & N OF GREAT SLAVE LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LITHIUM
  • LITHIUM (TA,REO,BE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Esmeralda Formation
    Rock description Esmeralda Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63425, 37.74994
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Comments on the geologic information

  • ; BRINE; BRINES LOCATED IN CLOSED EVAPORITE BASIN(BOLSON).CLAYTON VALLEY IS INTERPRETED AS AN UNDRAINED STRUCTURAL DEPRESSION.
  • ; SPODUMENE; PGMS ZONED OR HOMOGENEOUS

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1967
Year of last production >1987

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Foote Mineral Co.
    Home office Shiprock, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • UP TO 1979:1193 TONNES P.Y. OF LI CONTAINED IN CARBONATE LI CONCENTRATION IN BRINES HAS LESSENED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE PRODUCTION STARTUP (?FRESHWATER INFLOW)
  • PROPOSED CPCTY 250000 TPY ORE.NO PLANS HAVE BEEN RELEASED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 14 PGMS THAT MEET CERTAIN SIZE & GRADE CRITERIA ARE INCLUDED IN THIS TONNAGE
  • ESTIMATED,"RECOVERABLE WITH PRESENT TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC PARAMETERS"

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ASSESSMENT(LI CONTENT IN BRINES DECREASING,TO MAINTAIN ACTUAL PRODUCTION LEVELS,LARGE ADDITIONAL EVAPORATION PONDS ARE REQUIRED.); IN 1986 39 WELLS WERE OPERATED,TOTAL AREA OF EVAPORATION PONDS 16SQKM (10% OF DEPOSIT AREA)
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO);

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS ISM0514
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI 0LI0039
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0320090109

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIS.J.R.& VINE,J.D.,1979: STRATIGRAPHIC AND TECTONIC SETTING OF THE LITHIUM BRINE FIELD,CLAYTON VALLEY,NEVADA.--RMAG-UGA,1979 BASIN AND RANGE SYMPOSIUM,P.421-430

  • Deposit

    KUNASZ,I.A.,1974:LITHIUM OCCURRENCE IN THE BRINES OF CLAYTON VALLEY,ESMERALDA COUNTY,NEVADA.--IN:COOGAN,A.H.(EDITOR):FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ONSALT:NORTHERN OHIO GEOL.SOC.VOL.1.P.57-66

  • Deposit

    BARRETT.W.T.& O`NEILL,JR.,B.J.,1970: RECOVERY OF LITHIUM FROM SALINE BRINES USING SOLAR EVAPORATION.--IN:RAU,J.L.& DELLWIG,L.E.(EDITORS):3.SYMPOSIUM ON SALT,NORTHERN OHIO GEOL.SOC.,VOL.1,P.47-50.

  • Production

    U.S.B.M-FILES;/PA2:FORM 10-K,1987,P.4;/PA3:MIN.YB.1984; U.S.B.M-FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1974/76
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). EVAPORATION CARBONATE PRODUCTION
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). (SURFACE)
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Anstett, Terrance F. U.S. Bureau of Mines