The Brucite Mine is a magnesite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Magnesite
Lat, Long: 38.86611, -117.89333
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Brucite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brucite Mine
Secondary: Lower Brucite Pit
Secondary: Upper Brucite Pit
Secondary: Margie Pit
Commodity
Primary: Magnesite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Gabbs District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Basic, Inc.
Production
Year: 1949
Time Period: To 1949
Material type: ORE AVG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Brucite Ore, Ave. 60% Mgo.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Dolomite Of The Luning Formation Is On The Upper Plate Of The Paradise Thrust Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Brucite Is Weathered To A Depth Of 50 Ft To Hydromagnesite And Artinite.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnesite
Ore: Brucite
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND.
Comment (Deposit): TWO ORE BODIES; THE SMALLER ONE IS 400 FT LONG AND 250 FT WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): VITALIANO, CJ AND CALLAGHAN, E, 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GABBS MAGNESITE AND BRUCITE DEPOSITS: USGS MINERAL INV. FIELD STUDY MAP MF-35
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E, 1933, BRUCITE DEPOSIT: NBMG BULL 19.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, JH, 1968, THE GABBS MAGNESITE - BRUCITE DEPOSIT IN RIDGE, J.D. (EDITOR), ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933-1967, V. 2 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), NEW YORK, AIMMPE, P. 1607-1622.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 105
Nevada Gold
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.
