Snow Ball and Snow Ball No 1

The Snow Ball and Snow Ball No 1 is a mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

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: Snow Ball and Snow Ball No 1  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.9, -115.36667

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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

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.