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Dover and Green Talc Mines

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045428
MRDS ID M233156
Record type Site
Current site name Dover and Green Talc Mines
Alternate or previous names Donnelly Andalusite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51318, 38.61825 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI. E OF THORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hawthorne East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 031E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ESTIMATEION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore
Corundum Ore
Diaspore Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrophyllite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51318, 38.61825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 121.92M
    Width 70.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR THE SHAFT THE ANDALUSITE ROCK IS COVERED WITH A MANTLE OF SURFACE DEBRIS AND CLAY UP TO 12 FEET THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer B. H. Donnelly

Mining district

District name Fitting District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. E. Donnelly, J. Stockton, W. Rea, And E. Rea; Hawthorne, Nev.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF AT LEAST 450 TONS OF ANDALUSITE ROCK UP TO OCTOBER 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT, OPEN CUTS, AND SURFACE TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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