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White Rock Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045404
MRDS ID M233118
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.04818, 39.92268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN; IN UPPER PART OF WEST FORK OF WHITE ROCK CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Hot Springs NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 035E 21,22,27,28,34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF STILLWATER RANGE, BUT ACCESSIBLE 17.5 MILES BY FAIR DESERT ROAD SE OF HEIZER-SEGERSTROM MINE CLAIMS ARE LESS THAN 5 MILES WEST OF THE DIXIE VALLEY ROAD, BUT THE CANYON RD. TO THE VALLEY IS NOT ALWAYS PASSBLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result BEST MATERIAL ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 55-60% FE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 158
USGS model code 25i
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted magnetite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.04818, 39.92268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS
    Length 152.4M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL IRON DEPOSITS OF MAGNETITE ALMOST COMPLETELY ALTERED TO HEMATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sanfrod A. Bunce And Others
    First year 1954

Comments on development

  • GROUP OF UNPATENTED CLAIMS, SMALL SIZE AND REMOTENESS HAVE PREVENTED LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, F.R. REEVES, R.G., AND KRAL, V.E., 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVAD, PT. C; IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 53, PT. C. P. 124-125.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED; 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83 WILLDEN

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B.M., 1965, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF APART OF THE STILLWATER RANGE, CHURCHILL CO., NV; N.B.M.G. MAP. 28.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED FAULT ZONES CONTAINING FERRUGINOLLS VEINS AND PODS OCCUPY AN AREA OF ABOUT 1/4 SQ. MILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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