Basalt, Nevada
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| subdivision_name1 = Nevada
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Mineral
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Basalt is a formerly populated place located in Mineral County, Nevada.{{GNIS|855966|Basalt}}
Basalt was a station on the Carson and Colorado Railway.{{cite book | last=Myrick | first=D.F. | title=Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California: The northern roads | publisher=University of Nevada Press | series=Railroads of Nevada & Eastern | year=1992 | isbn=978-0-87417-193-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7NNMH9X4w8C&pg=PA312 | access-date=September 22, 2017 | page=312}}{{cite report |title=Reconnaissance of mining districts in Mineral County, Nev.| first=William O. |last=Vanderburg |publisher=U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines |year=1937 |number=IC6941 |page=16 | hdl=2027/mdp.39015077569476?urlappend=%3Bseq=20 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015077569476?urlappend=%3Bseq=20 |access-date=May 3, 2020}}
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The Basalt Post Office operated from March 1906 until August 1906.{{GNIS|864569|Basalt Post Office (historical)}}
In 1905, Diatomaceous Earth was discovered in the vicinity of Basalt. In 1937, it was reported that last shipments in 1927 and 1928 totaled 5,000 tons that were shipped to Los Angeles.
In 1940, it was reported that Basalt had an estimated population of 6 and that it was a small supply center for prospectors.{{cite book |title=Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State |year=1940 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRdZL0gd3QMC |page=245 |isbn=9781603540278 |access-date=February 5, 2020}}
In 1944, quarrying of diatomaceous earth commenced again.{{cite report |title=Industrial mineral deposits of Mineral County, Nevada |number=R014 |first=N.L. |last=Archbold |publisher= Nevada Bureau of Mines |year=1966 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6FcjeG_v1-wC |access-date=May 3, 2020}} In 1945 the United States Diatom Company sold its claims at Basalt to the Dicalite Company.{{cite web |title=Basalt, NV - Dicalite Management Group |publisher=dicalite.com |url=https://www.dicalite.com/location/basalt-nv/ |access-date=May 3, 2020}} In 2018, 15 employees worked at the mine, which straddled Mineral and Esmeralda counties, producing 2,268 tons of diatomaceous earth.{{cite report |title=Major Mines of Nevada 2018 |publisher=Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources: Minerals Division|url=http://minerals.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/mineralsnvgov/content/Programs/Mining/MiningForms/MM2018_p030_text.pdf |access-date=May 3, 2020}}