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Lemac Nos. 1-5, Quarry

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045015
MRDS ID M232667
Record type Site
Current site name Lemac Nos. 1-5, Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.99824, 41.86904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGhee Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 026E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BY VIRGIN VALLEY RD, 2 MILES S. OF JCT. WITH STATE RTE 140

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.99824, 41.86904
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tom Connors
    First year 1978

Comments on development

  • STONE WAS QUARRIED HERE TO BUILD THE HOMES OF SOME OF THE FIRST SETTLERS IN NEVADA.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S
Deposit STONE WAS FIRST QUARRIED HERE IN THE EARLY 1870'S AND USED TO BUILD SOME OF THE EARLY HOMESTEADS IN NW NEVADA. A MR. TURNER HELD THE CLAIMS PRIOR TO 1952 WHEN THE WEGMAN BROTHERS BEGAN PRODUCTION. THEY INSTALLED A CABLE SAW, 3 MUD SAWS AND A BUILLOTINE CRUSHER AND WORKED THE THE CLAIMS FOR 15 YEARS. THE CLAIMS WERE RELOCATED IN 1970 BY MIKE LEE, AND ACQUIRED IN 1972 BY CONNORS, THE OWNER IN 1978. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

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