The White Knolls is a magnesite mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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White Knolls MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Knolls
Commodity
Primary: Magnesite
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Currant Creek
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Glen And Dorothy Stark
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fault Limits The Deposit On The East Side
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnesite
Comments
Comment (Geology): NEITHER LENSES NOR NODULES OF MAGNESITE WERE OBSERVED, THOUGH ANALYSES OF SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE SHAFT ARE REPORTED TO INDICATE MAGNESITIC MATERIAL. ANALYSIS SHOWED INCREASE OF SILICA WITH DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): VITALIANO, CHARLES J.1951, MAGNESIUM-MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CURRENT CREEK DISTRICT NEV., U.S. GEO BULL 978
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL.85
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.
