Overton Mine

The Overton Mine is a magnesite mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 1,598 feet.

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: Overton Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 1,598 Feet (487 Meters)

Commodity: Magnesite

Lat, Long: 36.5, -114.47780

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Overton Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Overton Mine
Secondary: Overton Ridge Magnesite Deposits


Commodity

Primary: Magnesite


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Overton


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

Type: Unknown


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: Gentry, Laura
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Las Vegas, Nv
Info Year: 1983


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Plagioclase
Unknown: Magnesite


Comments

Comment (Production): DATA NOT AVAILABLE FOR PAST PRODUCTION: NO MILL

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 20 KM SE OF MOAPA. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM

Comment (Ownership): OPERATOR: STANDARD SLAG CO.


References

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 45, 1989, P. 10.

Reference (Deposit): BULL.871, P.119-141

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: NV BUR MINES AND GEOL. BULL.62, P.204

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO,

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., E. H. PAMPEYAN, B. BOWYER, AND R. J.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULL. 871, 1936, 197 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NOLAN, W. W. RUBEY, AND W. T. SCHALLER. MINERAL RESOURCES

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 266. HEWETT, D. F., E. CALLAGHAN, B. N. MOORE, T. B.


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.