The Luning Loading Facility is a magnesite mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Luning Loading Facility MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Luning Loading Facility
Secondary: Luning Plant
Commodity
Primary: Magnesite
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C-E Basic
Company ID: 2600899
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Years: 1982 - 1985
Owner Name: Basic, Inc.
Company ID: 2600899
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): MSHA LOCAT:2 OF TRACK BEHIND BRIGHT SPOT BAR
References
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1985, P. 47.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1986, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P. 39.
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1981, P. 50.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 44.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
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.
