The White Rock Prospect is a iron mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 39.92278, -118.04722
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White Rock Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Rock Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Table Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Sanfrod A. Bunce And Others
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BEST MATERIAL ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 55-60% FE
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF STILLWATER RANGE, BUT ACCESSIBLE 17.5 MILES BY FAIR DESERT ROAD SE OF HEIZER-SEGERSTROM MINE CLAIMS ARE LESS THAN 5 MILES WEST OF THE DIXIE VALLEY ROAD, BUT THE CANYON RD. TO THE VALLEY IS NOT ALWAYS PASSBLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): GROUP OF UNPATENTED CLAIMS, SMALL SIZE AND REMOTENESS HAVE PREVENTED LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT
Comment (Deposit): SILICIFIED FAULT ZONES CONTAINING FERRUGINOLLS VEINS AND PODS OCCUPY AN AREA OF ABOUT 1/4 SQ. MILE.
Comment (Geology): SMALL IRON DEPOSITS OF MAGNETITE ALMOST COMPLETELY ALTERED TO HEMATITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B.M., 1965, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF APART OF THE STILLWATER RANGE, CHURCHILL CO., NV; N.B.M.G. MAP. 28.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED; 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83 WILLDEN
Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, F.R. REEVES, R.G., AND KRAL, V.E., 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVAD, PT. C; IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 53, PT. C. P. 124-125.
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.
