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New Discovery Mine & Mill

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173650
MAS/MILS ID 0320230905
Record type Site
Current site name New Discovery Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names White Caps Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.77199, 36.88557 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 046 E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.77199, 36.88557
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Western Talc Co.
    ID 2600052
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner R. T. Vanderbilt/Western Talc Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vanderbilt Minerals Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1977, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1979, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1978, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1980, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1979, P. 44.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/31/2017
MSHA mine ID2600052
Mine name (MSHA)New Discovery Mine
Current operatorVanderbilt Minerals LLC
Current controller (parent)R T Vanderbilt Company Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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