The White Horse is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.83639, -114.65917
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White Horse MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Horse
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): BRECCIATED SILICIFIED LIMESTONE WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINING. JASPEROID WITHIN BRECCIA. SMALL SPRAYS OF TETRAHEDRITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE; SCHEELITE CLOTS(?) FAULT TRENDING N 15E. MINERALIZATION VERY SLIGHT.
Comment (Location): N OF SCHELLBOURNE ON E. SIDE OF MCMAUGHN CANYON
Comment (Development): SCHEELITE MINED IN 1954
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN A CALCITE VEIN AND IN 0.13 IN VEINLETS NEAR THE VEIN.
Comment (Workings): 4 SHORT ADITS AND AN OPEN PIT-GLORY HOLE
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL. 85
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V. AND SMITH, P., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION NOTES; EXAMINED 10/7/81.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
