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White Giant Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Clay, Talc-Soapstone
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046764
MRDS ID M241970
Record type Site
Current site name White Giant Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72481, 37.42078 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.1 MILES BY ROAD SE OF THE DEAN MILL JUNCTION ON STATE HIGHWAY 3.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 038E 14 NE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 MILE BY ROAD SOUTH OF THE KING MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MASSIVE ORE IS LIGHT GREENISH GRAY OR PALE GREENISH YELLOW, MUCH SHEARED AND STAINED BY HYDRATED IRON OXIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Talc Ore
Calcite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHLORITE WAS THE MAIN COMPONENT OF 5 SAMPLES TESTED, WITH MODERATE TO MINOR AMOUNTS OF TALC.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Reed Dolomite;Wyman
    Rock description Reed Dolomite;Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72481, 37.42078
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Wnw To E-W Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY E
    Length 30.78M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults; Contact Of Intrusive Rocks With Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer O.F. Danuser (Locater)

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION MAY HAVE BEEN REPORTED TOGETHER WITH THAT FROM THE WHITE KING EXTENSION MINE

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • ARCHIE BRADY BUILT A ROAD TO THE PROPERTY IN ABOUT 1955, DID EXTENSIVE STRIPPING AND PRODUCED ORE IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS OPERATION AT THE WHITE KING EXTENSION MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL 84, P. 43-44

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 43.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TALC-CHLORITE OREBODIES ARE MAINLY FAULT-BOUNDED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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