Basalt, Nevada

Basalt, Nevada
Ghost town
Basalt is located in Nevada
Basalt
Basalt
Basalt is located in the United States
Basalt
Basalt
Coordinates: 38°00′27″N 118°16′23″W / 38.00750°N 118.27306°W / 38.00750; -118.27306[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyMineral
Elevation
[1]
6,339 ft (1,932 m)

Basalt is a formerly populated place located in Mineral County, Nevada.[1]

Basalt was a station on the Carson and Colorado Railway.[2][3]

Route of the Carson and Colorado Railway in 1883 showing Basalt

The Basalt Post Office operated from March 1906 until August 1906.[4]

In 1905, Diatomaceous Earth was discovered in the vicinity of Basalt.[3] In 1937, it was reported that last shipments in 1927 and 1928 totaled 5,000 tons that were shipped to Los Angeles.[3]

In 1940, it was reported that Basalt had an estimated population of 6 and that it was a small supply center for prospectors.[5]

In 1944, quarrying of diatomaceous earth commenced again.[6] In 1945 the United States Diatom Company sold its claims at Basalt to the Dicalite Company.[7] In 2018, 15 employees worked at the mine, which straddled Mineral and Esmeralda counties, producing 2,268 tons of diatomaceous earth.[8]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Basalt
  2. ^ Myrick, D.F. (1992). Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California: The northern roads. Railroads of Nevada & Eastern. University of Nevada Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-87417-193-8. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Vanderburg, William O. (1937). Reconnaissance of mining districts in Mineral County, Nev (Report). U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. p. 16. hdl:2027/mdp.39015077569476. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Basalt Post Office (historical)
  5. ^ Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State. 1940. p. 245. ISBN 9781603540278. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  6. ^ Archbold, N.L. (1966). Industrial mineral deposits of Mineral County, Nevada (Report). Nevada Bureau of Mines. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Basalt, NV - Dicalite Management Group". dicalite.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  8. ^ Major Mines of Nevada 2018 (PDF) (Report). Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources: Minerals Division. Retrieved May 3, 2020.