White Horse Group

The White Horse Group is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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 Horse Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.92306, -117.21556

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White Horse Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: White Horse Group
Secondary: White Horse Claims
Secondary: White Horse Fraction
Secondary: Lucky Strike No 1. Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Klondyke, (Southern Klondyke) 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

Not available


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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK WHICH EXTENDS OUTWARD UP TO 250M FROM THAT POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972


References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92, P.130-132.

Reference (Deposit): CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351.


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.