White Pine Mine

The White Pine Mine is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,959 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 Pine Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

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

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.