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White Pine

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Silica
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125447
MAS/MILS ID 0320230667
Record type Site
Current site name White Pine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.44948, 38.88244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Currant Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Currant Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 058 E 21 NESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Vesuvianite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.44948, 38.88244
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 210M
    Length 990M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N40W:30E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5.2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 810922
  • Area 50HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1976

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester And Maynard Bisoni
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 200HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 47
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Secondary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 11550
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 250
    Unit Production Cost 2.39
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    455. MOORES, E. M., R. B. SCOTT, AND W. W. LUMSDEN.

  • Deposit

    TERTIARY TECTONICS OF THE WHITE PINE-GRANT RANGE REGION,

  • Deposit

    EAST CENTRAL NEVADA, AND SOME REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL. V. 79, NO. 12, 1968, P. 1703.

  • Deposit

    456. MOORES, E. M., R. B. SCOTT, AND W. W. LUMSDEN.

  • Deposit

    TERTIARY TECTONICS OF THE WHITE PINE-GRANT RANGE REGION,

  • Deposit

    EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA, AND SOME REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS -

  • Deposit

    REPLY. GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL. V. 81, NO. 2, 1970,

  • Deposit

    P. 323.

  • Deposit

    545. PAPKE, K. FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 13, 1979, 77 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 61 KM SW OF ELY. MINING METHOD WILL BE OPEN PIT. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-88 Koehler U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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