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Aragonite Property

Producer in Nye 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045794
MRDS ID M233624
Record type Site
Current site name Aragonite Property
Alternate or previous names Travertine Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63315, 38.50632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.9 AIRMILES S20E FROM BLACK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 039E 31 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN ROYSTON HILLS; EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; ESTIMATED FROM KLEINHAMPL'S PLATE 2. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARRIED MATERIAL WAS BEING CUT AND POLISHED FOR TABLETOPS AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63315, 38.50632
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip STEEPLY WEST
    Length 121.92M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Republic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ed Connolly Of Reno (1960'S)

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT WAS BEING QUARRIED IN 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PURE WHITE MAMMILLARY CRUSTIFICATIONS ON EAST WALL OF AN ANDESITE DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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