Silver Peak Production Site (Silver Peak Marsh; Clayton Valley), Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Silver Peak Production Site (Silver Peak Marsh; Clayton Valley) | Brine Well (Active) |
| Esmeralda County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 46' 0'' North , 117° 35' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Brine Well (Active) - last checked 2018
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Peak | 107 (2011) | 4.0km |
| Goldfield | 268 (2011) | 31.9km |
| Dyer | 259 (2011) | 43.2km |
| Tonopah | 2,478 (2011) | 46.0km |
Owned/operated by:
Albemarle Corporation (100%)
Non commercial amounts of potash and borate minerals. Major world producer of lithium from brines containing up to 400 ppm of lithium.
Deposit: The playa covers an area of about 8300 ha, geophysical work suggests the playa sediments may be As much As 460 m thick lithium is disolved in brines located in interstitial pore spaces in the sediments general size of ore body is large. Ore controlled by evaporation. Type of ore body is subsurface brine.
Geology: Lithium occurs As a constituent in a subsurface saline brine with hectorite As the source of the brines lithium content. Ore is brine.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Anhydrite Formula: CaSO4 Reference: NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada; American Mineralogist 1965: 50: 2063-2069 |
| ⓘ Aphthitalite Formula: (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2 Reference: NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O Reference: NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada; American Mineralogist 1965: 50: 2063-2069
U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
| ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl Reference: NBMG Bull 78 Geology and Mineral Deposits of Esmeralda County, Nevada; American Mineralogist 1965: 50: 2063-2069
U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
| ⓘ Hectorite Formula: Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 Reference: NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
| ⓘ Syngenite Formula: K2Ca(SO4)2 · H2O Description: Man made mineral in evaporating vats. Reference: NBMG Spec Pub 31 Minerals of Nevada |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anhydrite | 7.AD.30 | CaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Aphthitalite | 7.AC.35 | (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2 |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Syngenite | 7.CD.35 | K2Ca(SO4)2 · H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Hectorite | 9.EC.45 | Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Hectorite | Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Syngenite | K2Ca(SO4)2 · H2O |
| Li | Lithium | |
| Li | ⓘ Hectorite | Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Aphthitalite | (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hectorite | Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Syngenite | K2Ca(SO4)2 · H2O |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Hectorite | Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| Na | ⓘ Aphthitalite | (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2 |
| Na | ⓘ Hectorite | Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Hectorite | Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Hectorite | Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Aphthitalite | (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2 |
| S | ⓘ Syngenite | K2Ca(SO4)2 · H2O |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Aphthitalite | (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2 |
| K | ⓘ Syngenite | K2Ca(SO4)2 · H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| Ca | ⓘ Syngenite | K2Ca(SO4)2 · H2O |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)American Mineralogist 1965: 50: 2063-2069
Albers, J. P., and J. H. Stewart. Geology and Mineral Deposits of Esmeralda County, Nevada. Nv Bureau of Mines and Geol. Bull. 78, (1972), 80 Pp.
Barrett, W. T., and B. J. O'neill, Jr. Recovery of Lithium from Saline Brines Using Solar Evaporation. Sec. in Third Symp. on Salt, Ed. by J. L. Rau and L. E. Dellwig. Northern Oh Geol. Soc., Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, V. 2, (1970), Pp. 47-50.
Davis, J. R., and J. D. Vine. Stratigraphic and Tectonic Setting of the Lithium Brine Field, Clayton Valley, Nevada. Sec. in (1979) Basin and Range Symposium, Ed. by G. W. Newman and H. D. Goode. Rocky Mountain Assoc. Geol., Denver, Co, and Ut Geol. Assoc., Salt Lake City, Utah 1979, Pp. 421-430.
Dole, R. B. Exploration of Salines in Silver Peak Marsh, Nevada. U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 530, (1913), Pp. 330-345.
Engineering and Mining Journal. Silver Peak Gives Bright Look to Foote Minerals Company Lithium Picture. V. 171, No. 4, (1970), Pp. 71-73.
American Mineralogist (1965): 50: 2063-2069
Kunasz, I. A. Geology and Geochemistry of the Lithium Deposit in Clayton Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Ph.D. Diss., Pa State Univ., University Park, Pa, (1970), 128 Pp.
Kunasz, I. A. Lithium Occurrence in the Brines of Clayton Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Sec. in Fourth Symposium on Salt, Ed. by A. H. Coogan. Northern Oh Geol. Soc. Inc., Cleveland, Oh, V. 1, (1974), Pp. 57-66.
Norton, J. J. Lithium, Cesium, and Rubidium -- the Rare Alkali Metals. Ch. in United States Mineral Resources, Ed. by D. A. Brobst and W. P. Pratt. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 820, (1973), Pp. 365-378.
Pantea, M. P., and S. Asher-bolinder. Lithological Log and Lithium Content of Sediments Drilled in Clayton Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada. U.S. Geol. Surv. Ofr 82-415, (1982), 13 Pp.
Pantea, M. P., S. Asher-bolinder, and J. D. Vine. Lithology and Lithium Content of Sediments in Basins Surrounding Clayton Valley, Esmerelda and Nye Counties, Nevada. U.S. Geol. Surv. Ofr 81-962, (1981), 23 Pp.
Papke, K. Evaporites and Brines in Nevada Playas. Nv Bureau of Mines and Geol. Bull. 87, (1976), Pp. 29-31.
Robinson, P. T., E. H. Mckee, and R. J. Moiola. Cenozioc Volcanism and Sedimentation, Silver Peak Region, Western Nevada and Adjacent California. Ch. in Studies in Volcanology - a Memoir in Honor of Howel Williams. Geol. Soc. Am. Memoir 116, (1968), Pp. 577-611.
Schreck, A. E. Lithium: a Materials Survey. Bumines Ic (8053), 1961, 80 Pp.
Spurr, J. E. Ore Deposits of the Silver Peak Quadrangle, Nevada. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 55, (1906), 174 Pp.
Vine, J. D. Lithium in Sediments and Brines - How, Why, and Where to Search. Pres. at Wy Geol. Assoc., Casper, Wy, Jan. 3, (1975). U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 75-86, 1975, 14 Pp.
Vine, J. D. (ed.). Lithium Resources and Requirements by the Year (2000). U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 1005, 1976, 162 Pp.
Wilson, C. W. Bouguer Gravity Map of Clayton Valley, Nevada. U.S. Geol. Surv. Ofr 75-333, (1975), Scale 1:62,500.
Randol Mining Directory, (1996)/97, U.S. Mines & Mining Companies, P271.
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10295160 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10044555 |
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10024762 |
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Silver Peak Production Site, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA