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Crystal White Prospect

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046792
MRDS ID M242002
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal White Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.73592, 37.47801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1929

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 038E 26 SW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SW SIDE OF A RIDGE, ACCESSIBLE BY 1.7 MILES OF DIRT ROAD THAT STARTS 2.5 MILES EAST OF THE DEAN MILL JUNCTION ON NEVADA HIGHWAY 3. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST ORE IS SHATTERED WITH A SPLINTERY FRACTURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONSISTS OF TALC WITH A MODERATE AMOUNT OF CHLORITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike S75E
    Dip 30N
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. D. Mac Boyle, W. E. Mac Boyle, John Dean

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUT, ORE BIN, 100-FT ADIT

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY HAS APPARENTLY BEEN IDLE SINCE 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL 84, P. 17

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL TALC VEIN EXPOSED IN 45 BY 8 FT OPEN CUT. IT HAS A LIMESTONE HANGING WALL AND A QUARTZIDE FOOTWALL, CONFORMING IN PART TO BEDDING OF UNDERLYING QUARTZITE. VEIN IS OFFSET BY A FAULT. AT ADIT TO NORTH, THE ORE BODY TRENDS EASTWARD, DIPS 50N, IS 1-2 FT THICK AND PARTLY TO COMPLETELY REPLACES A BED OF LIMESTONE IN THE QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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