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Whitmore Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095738
MRDS ID M241519
Record type Site
Current site name Whitmore Mine
Related records 10198086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.455, 36.92665 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position NEAR CREST OF S END OF MORMON MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moapa Peak NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 0125 067E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration In Overlying Limestone

Analytical data

Result PB AND AG VALUES ARE HIGH IN HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATES NEAR THE WHITMORE MINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.455, 36.92665
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Window Of Precambrian And Cambrian Rocks Through Thrust Plate Of Dev-Camb Carbonates
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faust

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is At The Thrust Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gourd Springs District (Closest Mining District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT AND 1 SHAFT SHOWN ON TOPO QUAD. 2 SHALLOW EXPLORATORY SHAFTS AND ONE INCLINED ADIT ABOUT 100 FT LONG. ANOTHER ADIT NEARBY

Comments on development

  • BOTH OLD AND NEWER CLAIM POSTS REPORTED IN THE AREA IN 1983 BUT NO CURRENT ACTIVE CLAIMS ON RECORD IN 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR AMOUNTS OF CU OXIDE IN SHEAR ZONES PARALLEL TO THE THRUST CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.