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Brucite from
Gabbs, Gabbs Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Classification
Species:Brucite
Formula:Mg(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Callaghanite2 photos of Brucite associated with Callaghanite at this locality.
Hydromagnesite1 photo of Brucite associated with Hydromagnesite at this locality.
Mcguinnessite1 photo of Brucite associated with Mcguinnessite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brucite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gabbs, Gabbs Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2522
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2522:5
GUID (UUID V4):b7fbab55-104e-44ca-b863-230287894b53
Localities for Brucite in this Region
Sierra Magnesite Mine, Gabbs, Gabbs Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Brucite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Sierra Magnesite Mine, Gabbs, Gabbs Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) Brucite Mine, Gabbs Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) Luning, Fitting Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4100 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...using the natural hydromagnesite (5424) from Gabbs, Nevada, is 59.54 ± 0.72 (2σ) in logarithmic units at...hydromagnesite from Staten Island, New York, from Gabbs, Nevada, and for the synthetic hydromagnesite, respectively...engineered barrier consisting mainly of the mineral brucite is to be employed in the Asse repository in Germany...CO2 have indicated that MgO is first hydrated as brucite, which in turn is carbonated as Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cuprohydromagnesite andcuproartinite,two newmineralsfrom Gabbs,Nevada SrnNlnvG. Oswnln,'.NoWrr-soNW. Cnoor. III Mobil...secondarycopperminerals in the brucite zoneof the BasicRefractoriesMine at Gabbs,Nye County, Nevada. Cuprohydromagnesite...productof primary coppersulfidesand magnesite-brucite-serpentine rock. Associatedminerals iirclude chalcopyrite...chalcopyrite,bornite, magnesite,antigorite,chlorite, brucite, hydromagnesite, artinite,huntite, alumohydrocalcite...contact of primary copper sulfidesand magnesite-brucite-serpen-nite, are for the compositionsand their
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 48, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER' 1963 HUNTITE, GABBS,NEVADA CnenrBs J. Vrrarrewo AND Cetr. W' Brcr, Department...INrnooucttoN first describedfrom Currant Creek, Nevada, Huntite, X'IgeCa(COB)+, (Faust, 1953)has now beenidentified...the occurrenceof huntite at a new locality; Gabbs, Nevada (Fig. 1). (iBorocrc ENvrnorquBu:r Huntite occurs...with the hydromagnesiteand the brucite, on the east side of the upper brucite quarry (Vitaliano and Callaghan.../} Frc. 1. fndex map of Nevada showing location of brucite deposits at Gabbs Huntite occurs at the east
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Report (issue)
7520(8) c = 8.2132(7) X-ray Powder Pattern: Gabbs, Nevada, USA. 7.45 (10), 6.17 (10), 3.87 (9), 3.18 (9)...56 21.57 24.10 Total 99.99 100.00 (1) Gabbs, Nevada, USA; after deduction of calcite impurity, with...serpentine, brucite, forsterite. Distribution: From near Gabbs, Gabbs district, Nye Co., Nevada, USA. Name:...New Mexico Bureau of Mines, Socorro, New Mexico, USA, for his work on magnesite deposits. Type Material:...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, R9406. References: (1) Beck, C.W. and J.H. Burns
Report (issue)
Brucite Mg(OH)2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...45 100.00 (1) Wood’s Chrome mine, Pennsylvania, USA; corresponds to (Mg0.99 Fe0.01 )Σ=1.00 (OH)2 . (2)...)Σ=1.01 (OH)2 . (3) Mg(OH)2 . Mineral Group: Brucite group. Occurrence: A common alteration of periclase...localities, but rarely in crystalline masses. In the USA, at Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey; large crystals...New York; a large deposit near Gabbs, Gabbs district, Nye Co., Nevada; at the Crestmore quarry, Riverside
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGIST, VOL 52, MAY_JUNE, 1967 ARTINITE FROM GABBS,NEVADA: A CORRECTIONIN LOCATION JonN H. Scnrttruc,...the "workings of Basic ![agnesium Inc. at Luning, Nevada" (Hurlbut, 1946).The specimensof artinite, and...the brucite deposits at Gabbs,which is 32 miles northeast of Luning. There are no known brucite depositsat...is the railhead for Basic Inc. mining and calcining operations at Gabbs, and the company maintains loading...explains the confusion in assigning the Iocalitv. The brucite bodiesare in the north-centralpart of Sec.35, T
Report (volume)
__ _____....._........-.._._._...__.....-_..... Mining and beneficiation_____________._____________________..._ New Mexico____ ___ __ _ _ ___ ______________ Nevada....._.__.._.__.___._...._...._.________.-.___ Gabbs________... _____ _______.._-_____.___-__...______ ..._.. Mining and beneficiation_______.___________________________________...water and sea-water bitterns, dolomite, magnesite, brucite^ and inland brines. Brines are only briefly mentioned...Washington, Nevada, and Texas; at present the only commercial domestic production is from Nye County, Nev.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,
Report (issue)
Resources Maps of the Tonopah 1 o by 2° Quadrangle, Nevada By DAVID A. JOHN, J. THOMAS NASH, DONALD PLOUFF...resources maps of the Tonopah 1o by 2° quadrangle, Nevada I by David A. john ... [et al.]. p. em. - (U.S...4/2: 1070 1. Mines and mineral resources-Nevada. 2. Geology-Nevada. 3. Conterminous United States Mineral...Resources Maps of the Tonopah 1 o by 2° Quadrangle, Nevada By David· A. John, J. Thomas Nash, Donald Plouff...The Tonopah 1° by 2° quadrangle in south-central Nevada was studied by an interdisciplinary research team
Report (issue)
Somma, Italy); brucite, hydromagnesite, ellestadite (Crestmore quarry, California, USA); fluorellestadite...Bellerberg volcano, two km north of Mayen, Eifel district, Germany. From Nordmark and Långban, Värmland...coal basin, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia. In the USA, at the Crestmore quarry, Riverside Co., California;...Cochise Co., Arizona; in the Gabbs mine, Gabbs district, Nye Co., Nevada. In Canada, at Oka, Quebec. From
Catalog/List
Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J lJaed gold...feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to light green...crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant crystals...785 ADAMITE (CUPRIAN),MohawkMine, San Bernardino County, California. Nicely spaced transparent jade green...55:1447 (1970). 911 ALBITE,Clear Creek, San Benito County, California. White semi-transparent crystals on
Report (issue)
speleothems. Association: Calcite, dolomite, aragonite, brucite, magnesite, artinite, pyroaurite, periclase, “opal”...minor localities. Studied material from: in the USA, from Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey; at Wood’s...Pennsylvania; in Nevada, abundant at Luning, Mineral Co., and near Gabbs, Gabbs district, Nye Co.; numerous...Kerman, Esfandaque district; and in the Dovez open pit, near the Shariar mine, Minab district. From the Shabani
Report (issue)
occurring worldwide. Association: magnesite. Brucite, hydromagnesite, pyroaurite, chrysotile, aragonite...Styria, Austria. Near Javornica, Bulgaria. In the USA, in California, from northwest of Coalinga, Fresno...elsewhere in the New Idria district; at the Gabbs mine, Gabbs district, Nye Co., Nevada; from Spring Street
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGIST, VOL 52, MAY_JUNE, 1967 ARTINITE FROM GABBS,NEVADA: A CORRECTIONIN LOCATION JonN H. Scnrttruc,...the "workings of Basic ![agnesium Inc. at Luning, Nevada" (Hurlbut, 1946).The specimensof artinite, and...the brucite deposits at Gabbs,which is 32 miles northeast of Luning. There are no known brucite depositsat...is the railhead for Basic Inc. mining and calcining operations at Gabbs, and the company maintains loading...explains the confusion in assigning the Iocalitv. The brucite bodiesare in the north-centralpart of Sec.35, T
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
United Statesnear Chewelah,Washingtonand near Gabbs, Nevada. Although a_few investigatorshave suggesteda...In someplaces,suchas Chewelah,Washington (6); Gabbs,Nevada (17); Bahia, Brazil (4); and in Manchuria (11)...THE EMPL,4CEMENTOF M,4GNESITE 583 serpentine, brucite, diopside, tremolite, phlogopite, andgraphite.In...thermal dedolomitization(calciteq- periclaseor brucite) by COs-bearingsolution(7) will not result in Mg-rich...partial replacement of magnesite.At Currant Creek, Nevada,field relations(8) indicatethat dolomitereplacedcalcite
Report (volume)
Geology of Magnesite Deposits in Northern Okanogan County Washington A Preliminary Report GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Geology of Magnesite Deposits in Northern Okanogan County Washington A Preliminary Report By KENNETH F. FOX...detailed geologic maps of part of northern Okanogan County, Wash___________________________ In pocket TABLES...analyses of magnesitic rocks in northern Okanogan County, Wash._______________ 3. Modal analyses_______...GEOLOGY OF MAGNESITE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON A PRELIMINARY REPORT By KENNETH F.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals from the working pits of the Gabbs Refractories, Inc., Gabbs, Nevada lead to the description of a new...doing field geology in Nevada, Mr. Conrad Martin, consulting geologist, Reno, Nevada, called his attention...disseminated through magnesite and dolomite beds near Gabbs, Nevada (Fig. 1). Mr. Martin had noted that the crystals...the permission of Basic Refractories, Inc., Gabbs, Nevada, a collection of the blue crystals was made...flank of the Paradise Range in the vicinity of Gabbs, Nevada are carbonates of an undetermined thickness
Report (issue)
Geology of the Hawthorne and Tonopah Quadrangles, Nevada By HENRY G. FERGUSON and SIEMON W. MULLER GEOLOGICAL...Triassic)__ Luning formation (Upper Triassic)-___ Gabbs formation (Upper Triassic) Jurassic system..___..._________________ Luning formation_____________-___-____ Gabbs and Sunrise formations. __-__-__Dunlap formation...__-______-__----_----___ Later normal faults. ___________________ Gabbs Valley Range. __ ________ _ ._--__--_-._ 16 16...formation(?)________ Luning formation____________ Gabbs and Sunrise formations. Dunlap formation_____________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the...or greater earthquake has occurred somewhere in Nevada about once every thirty years. Most faults are...(analogous to a tilted deck of cards). However, some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly or uniquely...specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be seen in many American and foreign...limestone at Coles Brook in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also known from the Bolton...Bolton or Whitcomb quarry at Bolton, Worcester County, where it occurs in densely packed, yellowbrown, rounded...Hinsdale, and Lee, Berkshire County; and at Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is reported
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calumetite, two newminerals from the Michigan copper district (Williams) 61+ Aomine, S. with Yoshinaga,N. 434...Bassett, W. with A comparison of OH- motions .... in brucite and micas. and asBasutoland, kimberlites sociated...Beck, C. W. r,vith Vitaliano, C. J. Huntite. Gabbs. Nevada. . Belov, N. \,'. and Organova, N. I. Bentor...of cryptomelane in manganese ores, in Balaghat District, 1413 India .. Bhattacharjee, S. B. and Bhattacharjee...Occurrence of cryptomelane in manganese ores, Balaghat District, India of Clarence S. Bibliographies Ross on Waldmar
Report (issue)
the mawiesite depositu at _:abbe in northwestern Nye -ounty, Nev., w.!re the source of ona for tic, world's...liminary estimates of reserves of both magneete and brucite were published and provided the initial basis for...t":.- e wart iie iniustry. The mar;neette and brucite deposits are in isos. 44, 36 :*, 26, 35, and...in tilt extreme wrthwent corner off' Nye county, !.ay. The mining area Is served by a pavoii 11hway which...started underground mining on its lease. Two quarrI(*s rlre oponed in the brucite deposits by 3asic tefrae
Report (issue)
wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...eh aa nearly 48 million acres of public land in Nevada. Most of the minerals, _ _ geothermal energy, and...ahij 4 = Wh A a ‘ a a y 4 Pte Es in Nevada comes from publicland. First edition, first printing...Leshendok, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eric Moody, Nevada Historical Society é Jon Price, National Research
 
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