Wright and Fish Group

The Wright and Fish Group is a magnesite mine located in Nye county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Wright and Fish Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation:

Commodity: Magnesite

Lat, Long: 38.85, -115.30000

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Wright and Fish Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wright and Fish Group


Commodity

Primary: Magnesite


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Humboldt


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FS MIN EXAM 1961 - PLUMB. CLAIMS WERE NOT FOUND ON THE GROUND


Materials

Ore: Dolomite
Ore: Magnesite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): RECOMMENDED THAT A HEARING BE REQUESTED TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF THE CLAIMS ON THE GROUND AND WHICH OF THE SIXTEEN CLAIMS (GEM, LUCKY SHOT, CORRECTOR NOS. 1 - 6 , SOUTHERN CROSS NOS 1 AND 2 , DAME FORTUNE, LUCKY SHOT EXT, SOUTHERN CROSS EXT) CONTAIN THE ALA-MAR MAGNESITE DEPOSIT, THE SECOND LARGEST DEPOSIT IN THE DISTRICT


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 978-A, MAGNESIUM - MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CURRENT CREEK DISTRICT, NEVADA


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.