Snow White Claims

The Snow White Claims is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

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

Name: Snow White Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.66583, -114.09722

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Snow White Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Snow White Claims
Secondary: Snow White #1-#5 Claims
Secondary: Locality #5 of Sayeed


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Eagle (Kern, Pleasant Valley, Tungstonia) 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: William Dudley Hamblin And Earl Willden Did Assessment Work In 1972


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching And Coarsening Of Limestone


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Muscovite


Comments

Comment (Geology): MUSCOVITE ALONG FRACTURE SURFACES

Comment (Location): ROAD UP CANYON SOUTH OF UVADA SCHOOL; WORKINGS ARE ON EAST SIDE OF CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1980

Comment (Workings): FACE OF BLASTED LIMESTONE ABOUT 10 FT HIGH AND 20 FT LONG.


References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 6-14-80.

Reference (Deposit): SAYEED, U.A., 1973, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE KERN MOUNTAINS PLUTONIC COMPLEX, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. AND JUAB CO. UTAH: UNIV. OF NEB. PHD. DISS.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.