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White Pine Mine

Plant in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296173
MAS/MILS ID 0320330296
Record type Site
Current site name White Pine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.94337, 39.25274 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 062 E 13 C Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.94337, 39.25274
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1986
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Milling method Leach-Solvent-Extract-Precipitation

Comments on exploration

  • HOMESTAKE IS UNDER CONTRACT FOR SECOND PHASE OF EXPLORATION TILL YEAR 2000.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western States Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Homestake Mining Co. (60% Ownership Option)
    Home office California
    Year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner Wallace Diamond Drill Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Gold Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1990
  • Type Operator
    Owner White Pine Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNERSHIP RECORDS 001-002 CURRENT OWNERSHIP AS OF 09/96. OWNERSHIP RECORDS 003-005 COULD NOT CHECK DATA, NO SOURCE AVA.

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Au 6767 Oz
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 210477.25g

Comments on the production information

  • OPEN PIT WENT INTO RECLAIMATION IN OCT 1995. MILL AND LEACH PAD STILL OPERATIONAL.
  • PRODUCED 20,600 OZ AU FROM TREATING 423,000 MT ORE IN 1989.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 1315000mt ore
    Total resources 1315000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.23 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO CURRENT, 1995/96 DATA ON RESERVES/RESOURCES.

Comments on the workings information

  • TOP SOIL WILL BE USED TO RECLAIM WASTE DUMPS. LITHOLOGY IN AREA HAS BEEN MAPPED AS PILOT SHALE AND DEVILS GATE LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, NBMG, 1980, PG. 41.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    NEVADA MINE OPERATION ACTAVE DURING CALENDER YEAR 1990,

  • Deposit

    P91.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P358.

  • Deposit

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 19, 30.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P279.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Homestake Mining Co. (60% Ownership Option) — acquired by Subsidiary of Barrick Gold (2001)
    Operator of the historic Homestake Mine in South Dakota; acquired by Barrick Gold in 2001.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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