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White Rock Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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 10173510
MRDS ID M029082
MAS/MILS ID 0320070066
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock Mine
Alternate or previous names Burns Prospect - 0320071048, Tiger Lode - 0320070145, Chellis Mine - 0320071049, Alta Vista Claim Group, Burns Mine
Related records 10037013

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.17703, 41.70049 (WGS84)
Elevation 2500
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Run Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044 N 052 E 29 NENENE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THIS MINE IS LABELED AS THE BURNS MINE ON THE BULL RUN RESERVOIR 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.17703, 41.70049
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, JOHN, 1980, NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY-1980: NEVADA

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL PUBLICATION, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 11,

  • Deposit

    NO. 59.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-91 Schmauch, Steven W. 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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