White Rock Canyon

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037013
MRDS ID M029082
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock Canyon
Related records 10173510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17732, 41.69712 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Run Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 052E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.17732, 41.69712

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973 , RADIO. MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM PROSPECTS ALONG SOUTHWEST BORDER OF WHITE ROCK STOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Walker, George W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.