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Huck Salt Plant

Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Halite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045405
MRDS ID M233119
Record type Site
Current site name Huck Salt Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.45568, 39.26408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1187
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 25 MILES SE OF FALLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourmile Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 03UE 12 NEAR CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • FOURMILE FLAT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.45568, 39.26408
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, SURFACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Huck Salt Co, Elmer And John Huckaby, Partners,
    Home office 895 Harrigan Rd., Fallon, Nv 89406
    First year 1980

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE SURFACE SOLAR EVAPORATION OPERATION EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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