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Mae Talc Mine

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104110
MRDS ID M242008
Record type Site
Current site name Mae Talc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75592, 37.49217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 3.0 MILES BY ROAD NORTH OF THE DEAN MILL JUNCTION ON NEVADA HIGHWAY 3.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 038E 21 E2 OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS LIGHT GREENISH-GREY, VERY FINE GRAINED, BROKEN TO A FLAKY POWDER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS TALC, VERY SUBORDINATE CHLORITE AND MINOR QUARTZ, SOME CALCITE AND GYPSUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Harkless
    Rock description Harkless

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75592, 37.49217
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Terminates Vein To North

Ore body information

  • General form ROUGHLY TABULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip 30-50W
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Fred C. Johnson

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 65 W INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 40 FT DEEP, SHALLOW PIT 10X25 FT, NORTH OF THE SHAFT, AND A SMALLER PIT 200 FT NNW OF THE SHAFT; 40-FT W-TRENDING ADIT CONNECTING UNDERHAND STOPES WITH THE SURFACE. AN OPEN CUT AND ADIT ARE LOCATED 100 FT SE OF THE SHAFT ON THE PROJECTED STRIKE OF THE VEIN, BUT DID NOT HIT ANY TALC.

Comments on development

  • SOME EXPLORATION AND MINING WERE DONE SHORTLY AFTER DISCOVERY, BUT SOME ADDITIONAL MINING MAY HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE MID-1940'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P. 14-15

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 14-15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WIDTH VARIES FROM 1-5 FT., GENERALLY CROSS-CUTTING BEDDING, BUT LOCALLY CONFORMING TO IT. CONTACTS WITH LIMESTONE FOOTWALL AND QUARTZITIC HORNFELS HANGING WALL ARE SHARP. FAULT TERMINATES VEIN AT NORTH END

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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