Wright and Fish Group

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Magnesite
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022943
MRDS ID FS00473
Record type Site
Current site name Wright and Fish Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.30087, 38.84994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Currant Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N;012N 059E;059E 01,02;34,35,36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Magnesite Ore

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1961 - PLUMB. CLAIMS WERE NOT FOUND ON THE GROUND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.30087, 38.84994

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Humboldt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 978-A, MAGNESIUM - MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CURRENT CREEK DISTRICT, NEVADA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECOMMENDED THAT A HEARING BE REQUESTED TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF THE CLAIMS ON THE GROUND AND WHICH OF THE SIXTEEN CLAIMS (GEM, LUCKY SHOT, CORRECTOR NOS. 1 - 6 , SOUTHERN CROSS NOS 1 AND 2 , DAME FORTUNE, LUCKY SHOT EXT, SOUTHERN CROSS EXT) CONTAIN THE ALA-MAR MAGNESITE DEPOSIT, THE SECOND LARGEST DEPOSIT IN THE DISTRICT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Forest Service

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.