The Whitney Group is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,501 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: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.08778, -114.37083
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Whitney Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whitney Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Planes, 60 Deg S Dip
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): CONSIDERABLE ORE HAS BEEN MINED AND MILLED FROM THESE WORKINGS, BUT NO VALUE INFORMATION KNOWN
Comment (Deposit): STRATA ARE IN PLACES MUCH BROKEN AND SHATTERED
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS CUT SHALE AND QUARTZITE NEARLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE STRIKE
Comment (Geology): FAULT PLANES, INDICATED BY SLICKENSIDED SURFACES, HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED AS WALLS IN THE TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): WEEKS, F.B., 1908 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OSCEOLA MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEV. U.S. GEO BULL. 340
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA. PREPARED FOR BLM.
Reference (Production): WEEKS, 1908
Reference (Deposit): HOSE,R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT. II, P. 60-62
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.
