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White Star Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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 10270148
MAS/MILS ID 0320030007
Record type Site
Current site name White Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.57583, 36.65639 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moapa East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 S 066 E 02 S2N2SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1919

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, NEV. INDUST. MINERALS, 1973, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62, 1965, P. 204.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6964, 1937, P. 56-57.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 103, 1987, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 45, 1989, P. 11.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-93 Lipton, David A. 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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