White Rock Mine

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

Name: White Rock Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

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Workings

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

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Materials

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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

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.