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Hatch Rock Quarries

Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046942
MRDS ID M242172
Record type Site
Current site name Hatch Rock Quarries
Alternate or previous names Richard Hatch Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1039, 39.24883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Mt. Moriah Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 070E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS IN HENDRYS CREEK, HAMPTON CREEK, SMITH CREEK, DEADMAN CREEK, NEGRO CREEK; COVERING OVER 4 SQUARE MILES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXCELLENT QUARTZITE BUILDING STONE; MOST USED FOR DIMENSION BUILDING STONE AND FLAGSTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1039, 39.24883
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Major Bedding Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 792.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Sets In 2 Directions At Nearly Right Angles Form Slabs And Columns

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Mt. Moriah Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hatch Rock Quarries, Richard K. Hatch
    Home office No. 10 Hatch Rock Rd., Gandy Route, Garrison, Ut, 84728
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 30 SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE QUARRIES

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPENPIT MINE IN 1982 EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS. HATCH ESTIMATED THAT HIS CLAIMS CONTAIN MORE THAN A TRILLION TONS OF BUILDING STONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1982, NBMG REPORT.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-83.

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA; ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., 1981, USGS MAP-MF-1244-A.

  • Production

    TERRADATA, 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10-60% IS MARKETABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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