Clark Mine

Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodity Diatomite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271580
MAS/MILS ID 0320290008
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Mine
Alternate or previous names Celatom Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.38159, 39.561 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Derby Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 023 E 34 N2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Basalt flows

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nevada Celatom Co.
    ID 2601439
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
    ID 2601439
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 115-116.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1993, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1992, P. 79.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTE: OTHER PITS OCCUR IN SEC. 23. NOTE: NDMI (1975-1979) REPORTS THE CLARK MINE & MILL IN SEC. 35, T. 20 N., R. 22 E. HOWEVER, THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE CLARK MILL (PLANT); SEE 0320299003.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-MAR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/01/2014
MSHA mine ID2601439
Mine name (MSHA)Clark Mine
Current operatorEP Minerals LLC
Current controller (parent)EP Management Corporation
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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