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Snow White Claims

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046614
MRDS ID M241801
Record type Site
Current site name Snow White Claims
Alternate or previous names Snow White #1-#5 Claims, Locality #5 of Sayeed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.09807, 39.66577 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skinner Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 070E 29 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ROAD UP CANYON SOUTH OF UVADA SCHOOL; WORKINGS ARE ON EAST SIDE OF CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching And Coarsening Of Limestone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.09807, 39.66577
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • MUSCOVITE ALONG FRACTURE SURFACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle (Kern, Pleasant Valley, Tungstonia) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner William Dudley Hamblin And Earl Willden Did Assessment Work In 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • FACE OF BLASTED LIMESTONE ABOUT 10 FT HIGH AND 20 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 6-14-80.

  • Deposit

    SAYEED, U.A., 1973, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE KERN MOUNTAINS PLUTONIC COMPLEX, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. AND JUAB CO. UTAH: UNIV. OF NEB. PHD. DISS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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