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Nevada Talc Mine

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109801
MRDS ID M242076
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Talc Mine
Alternate or previous names Nevada Talc No 5 1-4 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4823, 37.32912 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position ABOUT 3.3 MILES S 50 E OF TULE CORRAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 007S 041E 18 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY 10.6 MILES OF MAINTAINED ROAD EXTENDING SOUTH FROM NEVADA HIGHWAY 3 AT LIDA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MATERIAL IS GREENISH GRAY, VERY FINE GRAINED, HOMOGENEOUS, USUALLY SHEARED TO A WHITE OR LIGHT GREENISH GRAY FINE-GRAINED FRIABLE MATERIAL WITH A SILKY LUSTER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Sericite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Hydrothermal Alteration Of Quartz Monzonite

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS ABOUT EQUAL AMOUNTS OF CHLORITE AND SERICITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4823, 37.32912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Roughly E-W-Striking Faults Dipping N At 56-60

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 487.98M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probable Fault Control Of Alteration

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Oscar And Raymond Williams And Lieuella Wildman

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Talc Co.
    First year 1970
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. T. Vanderbilt Co. (1970'S)

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER TRENCHES, OPEN PIT, DIAMOND DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • SINCE MAY, 1971 THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN OWNED BY R.T. VANDERBILT CO., WITH DEVELOPMENT AND MINING DONE BY ITS SUBSIDIARY, WESTERN TALC CO. THE MINE HAS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL 84, P. 54-55

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P. 54.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ZONE EXTENDS OVER 1600 FT NW-SE AND CONTAINS IRREGULAR ZONES OF MORE INTENSE ALTERATION UP TO 150 FT IN DIAMETER. CONTACTS WITH UNALTERED ROCK ARE IRREGULAR AND GRADATIONAL OVER A FOOT OR LESS.

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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