The White Basin is a boron-borates mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,300 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: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Boron-Borates
Lat, Long: 36.33111, -114.57417
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White Basin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Basin
Secondary: Muddy Mountains Borates
Secondary: American Borax Co. Mines
Commodity
Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Lithium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Muddy Mountains
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: Intermountain Exploration Co.
Years: 1992 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Year Last Production: 1936
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: Basin And Mountains-- Muddy Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Lacustrine borates
Orebody
Form: BEDDED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults, Outcrops Are Generally Discontinuous Due To Faults.
Type: L
Description: Faulting And Folding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Colemanite
Gangue: Hectorite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)
Comment (Production): AMERICAN BORAX CO. PRODUCED FROM 1922-1924 FROM AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH ABOUT 100 M OF LATERAL WORKINGS.
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS ARE CAVED; INCLUDED AN INCLINED SHAFT. MUCH OF THE AREA IS COVERED BY PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Geology): SIMILAR SEQUENCE TO THAT AT CALLVILLE WASH (ANNIVERSARY MINE) TO THE SOUTH. WHITE BASIN DEPOSIT IS NOT AS WELL STUDIED.
Comment (Deposit): BEDDED, OCCURING AS LUMPS AND CRYSTAL ROSETTES IN CALCAREOUS CLAY OR AS THIN LAYERS UP TO 0.8 M THICK. ORE BEDS ARE EXTENSIVELY FAULTED. THINNER BORATE BEDS THAN AT CALLVILLE WASH.
Comment (Development): THE OPERATIONS HAD CEASED BY 1936 AND PLANT WAS DISMANTLED. PAPKE (1985) REPORTED RESERVES AS "PROBABLY VERY SMALL". EARLY PRODUCTION BY PACIFIC COAST BORAX CO. AND AMERICAN BORAX CO.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., ET AL, 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOLDER DAM: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 871, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ET AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 62, P. 203.
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1985, BORATES IN NEVADA, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 89-99.
Reference (Deposit): ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, G.I., 1985, BORATE DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES - DISSIMILAR IN FORM, SIMILAR IN GEOLOGIC SETTING, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 37-51.
Reference (Deposit): NOBLE, L.F., 1922, COLEMANITE IN CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 735-B, 21 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.
