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White Horse Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044402
MRDS ID M231815
Record type Site
Current site name White Horse Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27649, 38.9302 (WGS84)
Elevation 2362
Relative position IN LAST CHANCE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 042E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Diablo Formation
    Rock description Diablo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27649, 38.9302
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Berg, J. W.
    Home office Round Mtn.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT AND A SHORT ADIT.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED FOR TUNGSTEN IN 1950'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 185-186.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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