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Marble Monster Claim

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046939
MRDS ID M242169
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Monster Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.12584, 39.44577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mormon Jack Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 070E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MARBLE CANYON ABOUT 2 MILES UP FROM ITS MOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Analytical data

Result POOR QUALITY MARBLE NEAR SURFACE: SLAKES AND WEATHERS RAPIDLY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.12584, 39.44577
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1891

Mining district

District name Marble Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • SMALL QUANTITIES OF MARBLE WERE QUARRIED AND USED FOR HEADSTONES AT GARRISON, UTAH. TEST LOTS OF AN ATTRACTIVE PINK-COLORED MARBLE SUITABLE FOR CRUSHED STONE WERE QUARRIED FROM 1966 TO 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILS DATA, 1983, USBM

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C., JR., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PLATE 1., P.57

  • Deposit

    DARTON, N.H., 1908, USGS BULL 340, P.377-380

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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