The Basic, Inc. is a magnesite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Magnesite
Lat, Long: 38.8697, -117.89720
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Basic, Inc. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Basic, Inc.
Secondary: Gabbs Brucite-Magnesite
Secondary: Nevada Works Pit
Secondary: Nevada Works Plant
Commodity
Primary: Magnesite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Gabbs District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: C. E. Basic
Company ID: 2600864
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1984
Production
Year: 1986
Description: 21600 Caustic-Calcined Mfo Prod
Year: 1986
Description: 161,920 Mt Magnesite Mined 10800 Refractory Magnesia Prod
Year: 1985
Description: 24300 Caustic-Calcined Mfo Prod
Year: 1985
Description: 182,571 Mt Magnesite Mined 12200 Refractory Magnesia Prod
Year: 1984
Description: 43030 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
Year: 1984
Description: 317,450 Mt Magnesite Mined 21380 Refractory Magnesia Prod
Year: 1983
Description: 48770 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
Year: 1983
Description: 322,581 Mt Magnesite Mined 23220 Refractory Magnesia Prod
Year: 1982
Description: 61280 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
Year: 1982
Description: 375,306 Mt Magnesite Mined 31330 Refractory Magnesia Prod
Year: 1981
Description: 66680 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
Year: 1981
Description: 681,768 Mt Magnesite Mined 68820 Refractory Magnesia Prod
Year: 1980
Description: 63170 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
Year: 1980
Description: 566,366 Mt Magnesite Mined 59170 Refractory Magnesia Prod
Year: 1979
Description: 66150 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
Year: 1979
Description: 646,442 Mt Magnesite Mined 76050 Refractory Magnesia Prod
Year: 1978
Description: 62160 Caustic-Calcined Mgo Prod
Year: 1978
Description: 640,943 Mt Magnesite Mined 76940 Refractory Magnesia Prod.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Subtype: Flotation
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1927
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: Quartz
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Chondrodite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Brucite
Unknown: Antigorite
Unknown: Acanthite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnesite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINING METHOD IS OPEN PIT. GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 74 KM NE OF HAWTHORNE. DOMAIN IS PRIVATE AND BLM ADMINISTERED. MILL IS ON SITE AND IDLE. MILLING METHOD; CRUSHING, HEAVY MEDIA, FLOTATION, CALCINING. PROCESS RATE-2000 MT/D. PRODUCT TYPE IS REFRACTORY MAGNESIA. DISTANCE SHIPPED; 46 KM TO LUNING, NV, FOR TRANS-SHIPMENT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THIS IS THE SO-CALLED GABBS MINE. OPERATOR: BASIC INC.
References
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSIT, BASIC REFRACTORIES, INC., GABBS, NYE COUNTY,
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. BUMINES IC 7543, 1949, 10 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.
Reference (Deposit): 368. KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY,
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 749. VITALIANO, C. J., AND E. CALLAGHAN. GEOLOGIC MAP OF
Reference (Deposit): 273. HOLMES, G. H., JR. MINING METHODS AT THE BRUCITE
Reference (Deposit): 609. SCHILLING, J. H. THE GABBS MAGNESITE-BRUCITE DEPOSIT,
Reference (Deposit): NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. CH. 77 IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED
Reference (Deposit): STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE. AIME, V. II
Reference (Deposit): (GRATON-SALES), 1968, PP. 1607-1622.
Reference (Deposit): 688. STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE GABBS MAGNESITE AND BRUCITE DEPOSIT, NYE COUNTY,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MF-35, 1956, SCALE 1:24,000.
Reference (Deposit): 212. GATES, R. W. BASIC INCORPORATED, GABBS, NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS. CH. IN PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFIC
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWEST MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE (SPARKS, NEVADA,
Reference (Deposit): MAY 5-7, 1965). PART B - INDUSTRIAL MINERALS SESSION. NV
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 13, 1965, PP. 39-44.
Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NV
Reference (Deposit): DIV. MINE INSP., 1983, 60 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): 88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,
Reference (Deposit): JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)
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.
