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Grovers Hot Springs Deposit

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Limestone, General, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006808
MRDS ID C004729
Record type Site
Current site name Grovers Hot Springs Deposit
Related records 10284464

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.84432, 38.69574 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI W OF MARKLEEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Markleeville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 019E 24 W2 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. ACC. W 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Magnesite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPARENTLY NO USE OF TUFA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS GR/US GAL NACL 19.91
Result NA2SO4 12.02
Result NA2CO3 34.10
Result CACO3 6.38
Result MGCO3 1.16 , SILICA .82
Result FE AND AL 0.32
Result ORGANIC MATTER-TRACE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.84432, 38.69574
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Nevada Batholith

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: CLOSE TO A N STRIKING FAULT THAT HAS BEEN TRACED TO NEVADA. TWO GROUPS OF SPRINGS HAVE TEMP. (SOME YEARS AGO) FROM 128 - 146 DEG F. ACCUMULATION OF TERRACE CALCAREOUS TUFA IS STILL GOING ON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDM JOUR V. 43 , NO 3 , 1947 , P 206

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POPULAR HOT SPRINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., UTM ZONE, HOST ROCK TYPE AND AGE, ASSOC. ROCK AND AGE. ADDED TECTONIC SETTING, REGIONAL STRUCTURE, CONC/ENRICH.
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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