Deposit
Clayton Valley-Zeus
Clayton Valley-Zeus is a deposit with published resource estimates in Nevada, recorded in the USGS lithium deposits in the United States selected-sites dataset (2020 release).
Location: Nevada, United States
Commodities: lithium
Deposit model: lithium-bearing clay · unclassified
Published resource estimates
| Material | Class | Amount | Grade | Contained | As of | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lithium (Li) | Inferred | — | 858 parts per million | — | Jan 1, 2019 | Peek and Barrie (2019), Page 53 — Peek, B.C., and Barrie, C.T., 2019, NI 43-101 technical report, Updated inferred lithium mineral resource estimate—Zeus project, Clayton Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA, prepared for Noram Ventures, Inc., [Effective date February 20, 2019]: New Castle, Colorado, USA, Peek Consulting, Inc., March 22, 61 p. [Also available at http://sedar.com] |
| lithium (Li) | Inferred | — | 1,060 parts per million | — | Jan 1, 2017 | Peek (2017b), Page 47-49, Table 8 — Peek, B.C., 2017, NI 43-101 technical report, Lithium inferred resource estimate—Clayton Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA, prepared for Noram Ventures, Inc. and Alba Minerals Ltd. [Effective date July 24, 2017]: New Castle, Colorado, USA, Peek Consulting, Inc., July 24, 56 p. [Also available at http://sedar.com] |
Exploration and site history
- Resources: “The model generated for the Inferred Mineral Resource estimate indicates zones with higher lithium contents that remain open to the south, east and at depth. The drilling only tested approximately one third of the area covered by the Zeus claim block. Within the model that was generated from all 3 phases of drilling, involving 60 drill holes, the potential exists for a viable mining operation. The model herein reports an Inferred Mineral Resource of approximately 330 million metric tonnes at a grade of about 858 ppm Li, or 1,500,000 LCEs.” (Peek and Barrie (2019))
- Site: “The property is located in Esmeralda County, Nevada approximately halfway between Las Vegas and Reno. The property position consists of a total of 150 placer claims and 140 lode claims. Both sets of claims (placer and lode) cover approximately the same area which is approximately 3,000 acres (1,214 hectares) in size. The claims are staked on U. S. Government land administered by the U. S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Each claim covers an area of 20 acres (8.1 hectares). The claims are in one contiguous group. These claims are located in portions of Sections 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23 and 24 of township T2S, R40E, Mt. Diablo Principal Meridian.” (Peek and Barrie (2019))
- Evaluation — NI 43-101 compliant report, 2019 (Peek and Barrie (2019))
- Exploration — Phase 1 exploration drilling completed 46 holes with an average hole depth of 14.3 meters, 2016–2017 (Peek (2017b))
- Evaluation — NI 43-101 compliant report, 2017 (Peek (2017))
- Evaluation — NI 43-101 compliant report, 2017 (Peek (2017b))
- Evaluation — NI 43-101 compliant report, 2016 (Peek (2016))
- Exploration — Phase 2 exploration drilling completed 9 holes with an average hold depth of 82.2 meters, 2018 (Peek and Barrie (2019))
- Exploration — Surface sampling in three phases, 2016–2017 (Peek and Barrie (2019))
- Discovery — Staked claims in 2016 that was in close proximity to the producing Silver Peak mine, 2016 (Peek and Barrie (2019))
- Exploration — Phase 3 exploration drilling completed 16 holes for 467.9 meters of total drilling, with an average hole depth of 29.2 meters, 2018 (Peek and Barrie (2019))
Sources
- U.S. Geological Survey · published Jun 1, 2020 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive