Mine detail: Nevada No. 1 Talc Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

37.49912, -117.7562

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone
Ore:	Talc
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Mica, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Harkless
Host type:	Hornfels,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Fault,
Alteration processes:	Carbonate Rock Adjacent To Vein Is Strongly Altered To Calcite, Talc, Quartz, Mica, Chlorite, Dolomite

References

MRDS	M242009
DEP	10046798
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P.14}{Production:: PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 14.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)