The Sloan Limestone Quarry is a calcium and magnesite mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Calcium, Magnesite
Lat, Long: 35.94917, -115.21278
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Sloan Limestone Quarry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sloan Limestone Quarry
Commodity
Primary: Calcium
Primary: Magnesite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Sloan
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: U.S. Line Products Co.; Flinkote Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sloan Hill Is A Fault Rock (Horst) Tilted Gently; Thrust Blocks
Type: L
Description: Normal Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.72% MGO
Analytical Data: CHRYSTAL PASS FORMATION AVERAGED 97.11% CAO
Materials
Ore: Limestone
Ore: Dolomite
Ore: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DEISS, USGS 973-C, P 107-108
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): PRODUCTION CONSISTS OF 100,000 TONS/YEAR.
Comment (Development): BY 1937 ORE WAS TRANSPORTED FROM THE MINE TO THE MILL BY TRUCK AND WAS CRUSHED BY A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CRUSHER BEFORE BEING KILNED.
Comment (Workings): 1934-1935 LIMESTONE WAS MINED BY ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD; 1937 A POWER SHOVEL WAS ON LOCATION AT THE QUARY.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., ETAL, 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM; USGS BULL 871., P.164-65.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBERG, 1937, USBM INF. CIRCULAR 6964 PG. 78-80.
Reference (Production): DEISS, 1952 USGS 973-C P. 137
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 62, PG. 205., 156-157
Reference (Deposit): DEISS, C., 1951, DOLOMITE DEPOSITE NEAR SLOAN NEV., USGS BULL 973-C, P. 107-108, 113-118, 134-138.
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.
