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Ala-Mar Magnesite Property

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044186
MRDS ID M231548
Record type Site
Current site name Ala-Mar Magnesite Property
Alternate or previous names Manzoni

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.32143, 38.85522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position AT THE WHITE PINE-NYE COUNTY BORDER

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)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 059E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF NINE CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnesite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result 1942-ASSAY OF D.D.H. 1 CORE AVERAGED 42.6 % MGO, 1.8 % CAO, 13.6 % SIO2, 1 % R2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.32143, 38.85522
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A N45w Trending Fault, A N20e Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, NODULES
    Length 38.1M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Deposit Is Located At The Intersection Of Two Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SEDIMENTARY CALCAREOUS TUFF VARIES FROM 100-400 FT WITH A CONGLOMERATIC BASE AND OVERLIES BASALTIC ANDESITE AND DACITIC BRECCIAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Currant District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ala-Mar Magnesium Co.
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • TEN DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE MADE BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VITALIANO, CJ, 1951, MAGNESIUM-MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 978-A, P. 16-18

  • Production

    VITALIANO, 1951, P. 18

  • Reserve-Resource

    VITALIANO, 1951, P. 18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND LARGEST DEPOSIT IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THE DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE OF NORTHWEST TRENDING ZONES OF RODULES. TWO MAGNESITE LENSES HAVE A MAX LENGTH OF 65 FT AND WIDTH OF 9 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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