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Basic, Inc.

Plant in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Magnesite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  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 10222569
MAS/MILS ID 0320230158
Record type Site
Current site name Basic, Inc.
Alternate or previous names Gabbs Brucite-Magnesite, Nevada Works Pit, Nevada Works Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.89814, 38.86962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gabbs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 036 E 26 S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Unknown
Antigorite Unknown
Brucite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chondrodite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnesite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.89814, 38.86962
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60M
    Length 1520M
    Width 1000M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850822
  • Area 1800HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1800
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1927
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1941
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Gabbs District

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Basic
    ID 2600864
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1984

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Description 62160 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
  • Year 1978
    Description 640,943 Mt Magnesite Mined 76940 Refractory Magnesia Prod.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 640943mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 66150 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
  • Year 1979
    Description 646,442 Mt Magnesite Mined 76050 Refractory Magnesia Prod
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 646442mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 63170 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
  • Year 1980
    Description 566,366 Mt Magnesite Mined 59170 Refractory Magnesia Prod
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 566366mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 66680 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
  • Year 1981
    Description 681,768 Mt Magnesite Mined 68820 Refractory Magnesia Prod
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 681768mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 61280 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
  • Year 1982
    Description 375,306 Mt Magnesite Mined 31330 Refractory Magnesia Prod
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 375306mt
  • Year 1983
    Description 48770 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
  • Year 1983
    Description 322,581 Mt Magnesite Mined 23220 Refractory Magnesia Prod
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 322581mt
  • Year 1984
    Description 43030 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
  • Year 1984
    Description 317,450 Mt Magnesite Mined 21380 Refractory Magnesia Prod
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 317450mt
  • Year 1985
    Description 24300 Caustic-Calcined Mfo Prod
  • Year 1985
    Description 182,571 Mt Magnesite Mined 12200 Refractory Magnesia Prod
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 182571mt
  • Year 1986
    Description 21600 Caustic-Calcined Mfo Prod
  • Year 1986
    Description 161,920 Mt Magnesite Mined 10800 Refractory Magnesia Prod
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 161920mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS IS THE SO-CALLED GABBS MINE. OPERATOR: BASIC INC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1800HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .65
    Percent Waste Rock 75
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 13
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 2700
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 4.3
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    749. VITALIANO, C. J., AND E. CALLAGHAN. GEOLOGIC MAP OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE GABBS MAGNESITE AND BRUCITE DEPOSIT, NYE COUNTY,

  • Reserve-Resource

    NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP

  • Reserve-Resource

    MF-35, 1956, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    212. GATES, R. W. BASIC INCORPORATED, GABBS, NEVADA

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS. CH. IN PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFIC

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWEST MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE (SPARKS, NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    MAY 5-7, 1965). PART B - INDUSTRIAL MINERALS SESSION. NV

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 13, 1965, PP. 39-44.

  • Deposit

    273. HOLMES, G. H., JR. MINING METHODS AT THE BRUCITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT, BASIC REFRACTORIES, INC., GABBS, NYE COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. BUMINES IC 7543, 1949, 10 PP.

  • Deposit

    357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.

  • Deposit

    368. KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.

  • Deposit

    609. SCHILLING, J. H. THE GABBS MAGNESITE-BRUCITE DEPOSIT,

  • Deposit

    NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. CH. 77 IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE. AIME, V. II

  • Deposit

    (GRATON-SALES), 1968, PP. 1607-1622.

  • Deposit

    688. STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NV

  • Deposit

    DIV. MINE INSP., 1983, 60 PP.

  • Deposit

    733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,

  • Deposit

    JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING METHOD IS OPEN PIT. GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 74 KM NE OF HAWTHORNE. DOMAIN IS PRIVATE AND BLM ADMINISTERED. MILL IS ON SITE AND IDLE. MILLING METHOD; CRUSHING, HEAVY MEDIA, FLOTATION, CALCINING. PROCESS RATE-2000 MT/D. PRODUCT TYPE IS REFRACTORY MAGNESIA. DISTANCE SHIPPED; 46 KM TO LUNING, NV, FOR TRANS-SHIPMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-1996 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/01/1993
MSHA mine ID2600864
Mine name (MSHA)Premier Services Corporation-Mine
Current operatorPremier Services Corp
Current controller (parent)Cummings Point Industries
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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