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White King Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158974
MAS/MILS ID 0320090063
Record type Site
Current site name White King Mine
Alternate or previous names Sunnyside, Paramount Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.60122, 37.41415 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magruder Mountain(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 006 S 039 E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Crossbedded quartzite, siltstone, and phyllite
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS: NEV IND MIN (1973) P 17

  • Deposit

    PAGE, BEN M., SUMMARY OF STEATITE INVEST IN CALIF, NEV., &

  • Deposit

    NEW MEX., ESMERALDA CO., NEV., USGS, 1943, P.23.(THIS REF-

  • Deposit

    ERENCE CONTAINED IN WFOC MINERAL PROP. FILE 68.3/SEQ NO.-

  • Deposit

    0320090063

  • Deposit

    PAGE, BEN M., TALC DEPOSITS OF PALMETTO - OASIS AREA, ESMER-

  • Deposit

    ALDA CO., NEV, USGS, 1943, PP. 50-53, 66-68, FIGS 20-21

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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