| Deposit ID | 10046798 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242009 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nevada No. 1 Talc Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.7562, 37.49912 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1875 |
| Relative position | 3.4 MILES BY ROAD NORTH OF DEAN MILL JUNCTION ON NEVADA HIGHWAY 3. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sylvania Canyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 005S | 038E | 16 | SE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Talc-Soapstone | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Talc | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE IS WHITE, SHEARED, WITH PLATY HABIT, CONSISTING OF TALC WITH MONTMORILLONITE, CALCITE, CHLORITE, SERICITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Harkless |
| Rock description | Harkless |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -117.7562, 37.49912 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault, |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | SSE |
| Dip | 20W |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 182.88M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Discoverer | Peter Cherooty And Ernest Brushwood |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| District name | Palmetto District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pomona Tile Co. (Early 1940'S) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242009 |
PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P.14
PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 14.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ALL PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE VEIN. VEIN USUALLY HAS A CARBONATE FOOTWALL AND QUARTZITIC HORNFELS HANGING WALL, BUT IS SOMETIMES WHOLLY IN CARBONATE ROCK. IT PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM 1 TO 6 FT AND LOCALLY CONFORMS TO BEDDING. TALC BODY IS BOUNDED ON WEST BY A N20E, 85W FAULT |
| Deposit | A SMALL TONNAGE OF TALC WAS MINED FROM THE SW SLOPE OF A HILL 600 FT AWAY WHERE THERE ARE 2 ADITS TOTALLING ABOUT 100 FT, CONNECTED BY SMALL STOPES, WHERE A 4-FT VEIN WAS MINED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| 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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