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Ludwig Gypsum Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gypsum-Anhydrite, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037699
MRDS ID M035875
Record type Site
Current site name Ludwig Gypsum Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.27626, 38.95824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Relative position APPROX 6 MI WEST OF YERINGLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artesia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 024E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.27626, 38.95824
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Complex Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • GYPSUM BED IS FAULTED INTO CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH A COPPER LODE SO BOTH CU AND GYPSUM HAVE BEEN MINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Yerington

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ideal Cement Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., INDUS. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY COS. NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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