Basalt, Nevada

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

Basalt, Nevada
Ghost town
Basalt
Basalt
Coordinates: [1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyMineral
Elevation6,339 ft (1,932 m)

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]

References
  1. 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. Vanderburg, William O. (1937). Reconnaissance of mining districts in Mineral County, Nev (Report). U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. p. 16. 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.
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