Commodities
PrimaryLithium
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Silt,Sand and Gravel,Evaporite · Esmeralda Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1967
Last production1987
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10024762
MRDS IDISM0514
Alternate namesClayton Valley
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.74994, -117.63425
References
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.421-430KUNASZ,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.57-66BARRETT.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.U.S.B.M-FILES;/PA2:FORM 10-K,1987,P.4;/PA3:MIN.YB.1984; U.S.B.M-FILES