Mine detail: White Rock Prospect

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Location: Churchill County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.92268, -118.04818
dep_id: 10045404
mrds_id: M233118
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, PODS
model: 158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
alteration: Silicification
ore_ctrl: Silicified Fault Zones
Reporter: La Pointe, D.D.
hrock_type: Metavolcanic Rock
arock_type: Latite
References:
  • Deposit:: SHAWE, F.R. REEVES, R.G., AND KRAL, V.E., 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVAD, PT. C; IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 53, PT. C. P. 124-125.
  • Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED; 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83 WILLDEN
  • Deposit:: PAGE, B.M., 1965, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF APART OF THE STILLWATER RANGE, CHURCHILL CO., NV; N.B.M.G. MAP. 28.
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