Mine detail: Sloan Limestone Quarry

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Location

Lat / long: 35.94917, -115.21362

Resource(B)

Primary: Magnesite, Calcium
Ore: Calcite, Dolomite, Limestone
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1910

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1914

Geology

Host rock:Sultan;Monte Cristo
Host type:Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:Sloan Hill Is A Fault Rock (Horst) Tilted Gently; Thrust Blocks, Normal Faults.
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSM242222
DEP10046987
Reference{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 62, PG. 205., 156-157}{Deposit:: DEISS, C., 1951, DOLOMITE DEPOSITE NEAR SLOAN NEV., USGS BULL 973-C, P. 107-108, 113-118, 134-138.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., ETAL, 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM; USGS BULL 871., P.164-65.}{Deposit:: VANDERBERG, 1937, USBM INF. CIRCULAR 6964 PG. 78-80.}{Production:: DEISS, 1952 USGS 973-C P. 137}
ReporterLyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.)