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Sloan Limestone Quarry

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Calcium, Magnesite
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046987
MRDS ID M242222
Record type Site
Current site name Sloan Limestone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.21362, 35.94917 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sloan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Las Vegas Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
23S 60E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Magnesite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION CONSISTS OF 100,000 TONS/YEAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Dolomite Ore
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CHRYSTAL PASS FORMATION AVERAGED 97.11% CAO
Result 1.72% MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Sultan;Monte Cristo
    Rock description Sultan;Monte Cristo
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.21362, 35.94917
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sloan Hill Is A Fault Rock (Horst) Tilted Gently; Thrust Blocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Sloan

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Line Products Co.; Flinkote Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1952
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Calcium CaO 31.5 wt-pct Calcium Major 1952
    Magnesite MgO 21 wt-pct Magnesium Major 1952

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEISS, USGS 973-C, P 107-108

Comments on the workings information

  • 1934-1935 LIMESTONE WAS MINED BY ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD; 1937 A POWER SHOVEL WAS ON LOCATION AT THE QUARY.

Comments on development

  • BY 1937 ORE WAS TRANSPORTED FROM THE MINE TO THE MILL BY TRUCK AND WAS CRUSHED BY A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CRUSHER BEFORE BEING KILNED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 62, PG. 205., 156-157

  • Deposit

    DEISS, C., 1951, DOLOMITE DEPOSITE NEAR SLOAN NEV., USGS BULL 973-C, P. 107-108, 113-118, 134-138.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., ETAL, 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM; USGS BULL 871., P.164-65.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBERG, 1937, USBM INF. CIRCULAR 6964 PG. 78-80.

  • Production

    DEISS, 1952 USGS 973-C P. 137

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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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