White Pine Prospect

The White Pine Prospect is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: White Pine Prospect
Secondary: White Pine No. 1 To 5 Claims
Secondary: Roark Prospectbroom Claims

Commodity

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Currant District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Owner Name: Claims Located By American Selco Inc.
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1976
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: White Pine Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEINLETS, ANHEDRAL CRYSTALS, IRREGULAR CLUSTERS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Bedrock Is Extensively Metamorphosed To A Very-Light-Gray To Yellowish-Gray Material.

Rocks

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FLUORITE MAKES UP MORE THAN 25 % OF THE ROCK IN HIGH GRADE UNITS AND LESS THAN 10 % IN THE INTERVENING UNITS. AVG. 0.02-0.10 % WO3

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Mica

Comments

Comment (Commodity): FLUORITE IS VERY LIGHT GRAY WITH OCCASIONAL SLIGHT PURPLE TINT; TYPICALLY AS 0.2 MM IN DIAMETER ANHEDRAL CRYSTALS.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Comment (Geology): THE LIMESTONE IS MEDIUM-LIGHT-GRAY TO WHITE. THE HORNFELS IS MEDIUM-LIGHT-GRAY. THESE ROCKS ARE VERY THIN BEDDED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 34

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J.; TINGLEY, J.V.; SMITH, P., FIELD EXAMINATION, 15 JUNE, 1981.

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.