Commodities
PrimaryMagnesite
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAcanthite, Antigorite, Brucite, Chlorite, Chondrodite, Diopside, Dolomite, Garnet, Limonite, Magnesite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Talc
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1941
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID10222569
Alternate namesNevada Works Pit, Nevada Works Plant, Gabbs Brucite-Magnesite
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.86962, -117.89814
References
212. GATES, R. W. BASIC INCORPORATED, GABBS, NEVADAOPERATIONS. CH. IN PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE AIME PACIFICSOUTHWEST MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE (SPARKS, NEVADA,MAY 5-7, 1965). PART B - INDUSTRIAL MINERALS SESSION. NVBUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 13, 1965, PP. 39-44.273. HOLMES, G. H., JR. MINING METHODS AT THE BRUCITEDEPOSIT, BASIC REFRACTORIES, INC., GABBS, NYE COUNTY,NEVADA. BUMINES IC 7543, 1949, 10 PP.357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARYGEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.368. KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY,NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.609. SCHILLING, J. H. THE GABBS MAGNESITE-BRUCITE DEPOSIT,NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. CH. 77 IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITEDSTATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE. AIME, V. II(GRATON-SALES), 1968, PP. 1607-1622.688. STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONSACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NVDIV. MINE INSP., 1983, 60 PP.733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINESAND GEOL. BULL. 65.)749. VITALIANO, C. J., AND E. CALLAGHAN. GEOLOGIC MAP OFTHE GABBS MAGNESITE AND BRUCITE DEPOSIT, NYE COUNTY,NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAPMF-35, 1956, SCALE 1:24,000.