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White Rock Mine

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046983
MRDS ID M242218
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.70888, 35.30195 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 20 MILES SE OF SEARCHLIGHT, To Within 100 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
030S 065E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • (IN THE NEWBERRY MOUNTAINS) 2 MILES NE OF SPIRIT MOUNTAIN AT THE LEAD OF ONE OF THE DRAINAGES THAT DRAIN INTO WHITE ROCK WASH LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.70888, 35.30195
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS TERTIARY RHYOLITE DIKES INTRUDE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS IN THISAREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newberry

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • TOPO SHEET INDICATES 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VOLBOROTH, A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF THE GRANITE COMPLEX OF THE ELDORADO, NEWBERRY, AND NORTHERN DEAD MOUNTAINS, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 80, 40 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER MINES IN AREA HAVE E-W TO N65E STRUCTURES WHICH MAY BE SIMILAR TO THIS DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Molinari, Mark P. (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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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