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White Rock

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044882
MRDS ID M232502
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock
Alternate or previous names Estabrook, Rosebud Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.7176, 40.39547 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Spring Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 047E 07 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Slaven Chert
    Rock description Slaven Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.7176, 40.39547
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic In Chert

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE WORKED A LARGE BEDDED BARITE DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullion

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Imco
  • Type Owner
    Owner Imco,

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • MAY POSSIBLY BE THE IMCO BRADSHAW OPEN PIT MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., NEV. N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILLS NO. 100, REFERENCE NO. 3201500069

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL AW (1944) GEOLOGY OF BARITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEV., MS THESIS UNR

  • Production

    MITCHELL, A.W., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDED BARITE
Deposit MAY POSSIBLY BE THE IMCO BRADSHAW OPEN PIT MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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