The Snow Ball and Snow Ball No 1 is a mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Snow Ball and Snow Ball No 1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snow Ball and Snow Ball No 1
Commodity
Tertiary: Magnesite
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Humboldt
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FS MIN EXAM 1961 PLUMB
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 978-A "MAGNESIUM - MINERAL RESOURCES OF CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT, NEVADA " PUBLISHED 1951
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.
