The White Pine Mine is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,959 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.2528, -114.94250
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White Pine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Pine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: White Pine Gold Mining Co.
Owner Name: U.S. Gold Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1990
Owner Name: Wallace Diamond Drill Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1980
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co. (60% Ownership Option)
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Western States Mining Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Production
Year: 1990
Description: Au 6767 Oz
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Leach-Solvent-Extract-Precipitation
Discovery Year: 1986
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): TOP SOIL WILL BE USED TO RECLAIM WASTE DUMPS. LITHOLOGY IN AREA HAS BEEN MAPPED AS PILOT SHALE AND DEVILS GATE LIMESTONE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO CURRENT, 1995/96 DATA ON RESERVES/RESOURCES.
Comment (Production): OPEN PIT WENT INTO RECLAIMATION IN OCT 1995. MILL AND LEACH PAD STILL OPERATIONAL.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 20,600 OZ AU FROM TREATING 423,000 MT ORE IN 1989.
Comment (Exploration): HOMESTAKE IS UNDER CONTRACT FOR SECOND PHASE OF EXPLORATION TILL YEAR 2000.
Comment (Ownership): OWNERSHIP RECORDS 001-002 CURRENT OWNERSHIP AS OF 09/96. OWNERSHIP RECORDS 003-005 COULD NOT CHECK DATA, NO SOURCE AVA.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, NBMG, 1980, PG. 41.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINE OPERATION ACTAVE DURING CALENDER YEAR 1990,
Reference (Deposit): P91.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P358.
Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 19, 30.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P279.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996.
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.
