White Caps Claims

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Wollastonite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246429
MAS/MILS ID 0320170545
Record type Site
Current site name White Caps Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.21272, 37.31718 (WGS84)
Elevation 1620
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacks Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(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
Humboldt 007 S 070 E 30 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Wollastonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.21272, 37.31718

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clover Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Gorman Boen, 4998 E. Monroe Ave., Las Vegas, Nv
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH MR. GORMAN BOEN, LAS VEGAS, NV,

  • Deposit

    1995.

  • Deposit

    BLM ACTIVE MINING CLAIM FILE, 1995.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF PRINCIPAL U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEMSTONE PRODUCERS IN 1993; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY SURVEYS, P. 37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO LOCATED IN SEC. 19, SW 1/4. WOLLASTONITE CRYSTALS WHITE-TO-GREENISH. DEPOSIT IS 1200-1400 FEET LONG AND 400-500 FEET WIDE. DEPOSIT CONTAINS LOW GRADE SILVER WITH SOME MANGANESE. DEPOSIT VALUED AS DECORATIVE ROCK OR INDUSTRAIL WOLLASTONITE. ROCK HAS MARBLE AND VERDE-ANTIQUE APPEARANCE AND IS YELLOWISH-TO-GREENISH IN COLOR WITH MANAGESE. EXPLORED BY SHALLOW DOZER PITS. 50-TO-60 FOOT OLD SHAFTS PRESENT FROM MUCH OLDER EXPLORATION WORK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-95 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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