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White Knolls

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Magnesite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037279
MRDS ID M031242
Record type Site
Current site name White Knolls
Related records 10272009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36226, 38.92216 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Track Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Red Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
12N 59E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnesite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.36226, 38.92216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault Limits The Deposit On The East Side

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEITHER LENSES NOR NODULES OF MAGNESITE WERE OBSERVED, THOUGH ANALYSES OF SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE SHAFT ARE REPORTED TO INDICATE MAGNESITIC MATERIAL. ANALYSIS SHOWED INCREASE OF SILICA WITH DEPTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Currant Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glen And Dorothy Stark

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 19.81M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VITALIANO, CHARLES J.1951, MAGNESIUM-MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CURRENT CREEK DISTRICT NEV., U.S. GEO BULL 978

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL.85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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