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White Caps Mine

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046595
MRDS ID M241780
Record type Site
Current site name White Caps Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8695, 36.87663 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position To Near Center Of Sec 19

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)

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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

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

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.8695, 36.87663
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vanderbilt Minerals Co., Jerry Lease, V. P./Gen. Mgr.
    Home office P.O. Box 398, Beatty, Nv 89003.

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE IN 1982, EMPLOYING 5 PERSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1982: UNPUBLISHED NBMG REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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