Mine detail: U.S. Gypsum Mine

Previously called 'Empire Mine'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.49794, -119.30573
dep_id: 10042416
mrds_id: M060200
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Gypsum
orebody_fm: LENS
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphic Between Calcareous Rocks.
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D. D.
hrock_type: Calc-Silicate Schist,Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1927
prod_yrs: 1922-PRESENT
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
  • Deposit:: PAPKE, IN BONHAM, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70, P. 119-121
  • Deposit:: SCHILLING, J. S., 1985, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1984, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY.
  • Deposit:: JONES, R. B. AND PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS IN NEVADA.
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