Mine detail: U.S. Gypsum Mine

Previously called 'Empire Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.49794, -119.30573

Resource(N)

Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Gypsum
Orebody form: LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1922-PRESENT
First production started: 1927

Geology

Host type:Calc-Silicate Schist,Limestone
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSM060200
DEP10042416
Reference{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.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D. D.