Luning Loading Facility

The Luning Loading Facility is a magnesite mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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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

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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.