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Curleys Talc Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046793
MRDS ID M242003
Record type Site
Current site name Curleys Talc Mine
Alternate or previous names Curleys Talc Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7387, 37.47106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 0.8 MILES NORTH OF NEVADA HIGHWAY 3, STARTING 2.5 MILES EAST OF DEAN MILL JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 038E 27 E2 OF E2 OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE TOP OF A HIGH RIDGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE IS PREDOMINANTLY TALC WITH MODERATE AMOUNT CHLORITE AND A LITTLE DOLOMITE, CALCITE AND QUARTZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7387, 37.47106
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Roscoe "Death Valley Curley" Wright
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roscoe "Death Valley Curley" Wright
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT INCLINED 30 DEGREES TRENDING S70W, 50 FT LONG., VERTICAL SHAFT; SHALLOW PIT

Comments on development

  • CURLEY CLAIMED AND WORKED THE PROPERTY IN 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL 84, P. 19

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 19.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS FAULT-BOUNDED IN PLACES, AND CONTACTS ARE IRREGULAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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