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White Pine Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044190
MRDS ID M231554
Record type Site
Current site name White Pine Prospect
Alternate or previous names White Pine No. 1 To 5 Claims, Roark Prospectbroom Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.44921, 38.88272 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position IN THE UPPER PART OF BROOM CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Currant Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Currant Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 058E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS VERY LIGHT GRAY WITH OCCASIONAL SLIGHT PURPLE TINT; TYPICALLY AS 0.2 MM IN DIAMETER ANHEDRAL CRYSTALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Mica Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Bedrock Is Extensively Metamorphosed To A Very-Light-Gray To Yellowish-Gray Material.

Analytical data

Result FLUORITE MAKES UP MORE THAN 25 % OF THE ROCK IN HIGH GRADE UNITS AND LESS THAN 10 % IN THE INTERVENING UNITS. AVG. 0.02-0.10 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Rhyolitic Dikes
    Rock description Rhyolitic Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lincoln Peak Formation;Dunderburg Shale
    Rock description Lincoln Peak Formation;Dunderburg Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.44921, 38.88272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, ANHEDRAL CRYSTALS, IRREGULAR CLUSTERS
    Length 121.92M
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Distribution Of Fluorite Controlled By The Bedding.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE IS MEDIUM-LIGHT-GRAY TO WHITE. THE HORNFELS IS MEDIUM-LIGHT-GRAY. THESE ROCKS ARE VERY THIN BEDDED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1976
Discoverer Maynard And Lester Bisoni

Mining district

District name Currant District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Claims Located By American Selco Inc.
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 34

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J.; TINGLEY, J.V.; SMITH, P., FIELD EXAMINATION, 15 JUNE, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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