The White Rock Mine is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,399 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
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.30194, -114.70806
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White Rock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Rock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Newberry
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OTHER MINES IN AREA HAVE E-W TO N65E STRUCTURES WHICH MAY BE SIMILAR TO THIS DEPOSIT.
Comment (Workings): TOPO SHEET INDICATES 2 ADITS
Comment (Geology): NUMEROUS TERTIARY RHYOLITE DIKES INTRUDE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS IN THISAREA.
Comment (Location): (IN THE NEWBERRY MOUNTAINS) 2 MILES NE OF SPIRIT MOUNTAIN AT THE LEAD OF ONE OF THE DRAINAGES THAT DRAIN INTO WHITE ROCK WASH LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): VOLBOROTH, A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF THE GRANITE COMPLEX OF THE ELDORADO, NEWBERRY, AND NORTHERN DEAD MOUNTAINS, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 80, 40 P
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.
