| Deposit ID | 10042416 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060200 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | U.S. Gypsum Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Empire Mine |
| Related records | 10222660 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.30573, 40.49794 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 024E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gypsum-Anhydrite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gypsum | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks |
|---|
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1927 |
| Production years | 1922-PRESENT |
| District name | Hooker District; Empire District; Geralach District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Gypsum Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060200 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
PAPKE, IN BONHAM, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70, P. 119-121
SCHILLING, J. S., 1985, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1984, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY.
JONES, R. B. AND PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS IN NEVADA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GYPSUM DEPOSIT OCCURS IN LARGE LENSES BETWEEN WHITE LIMESTONE AND DARK CALCARESUS SCHIST ADJACENT TO A CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE. |
| Deposit | FIRST PATENTED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1916. PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY U.S. GYPSUM CO. IN 1948 AND HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY MINED SINCE. PRODUCTION OF GYPSUM BY PACIFIC PORTLAND CEMENT CO. FROM 1927 TO 1940 TOTALS 1,070,519 TONS. PRODUCTION BY U.S. GYPSUM CO. FROM 1948 THROUGH 1970 TOTALS 4,980,912 TONS. DEPOSIT WAS DEVELOPED BY OPEN-PIT MINING METHODS. GYPSUM IS MINED SELECTIVELY TO AVOID INCLUSION OF HARMFUL AMOUNTS OF LIMESTONE, ANHYDRITE, AND CLAY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1985 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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