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| The [[White Cap Tungsten Mine]] is "located at the southeast corner of [[Winnemucca Lake]]" at S21 T24N R24E. at 4600 ft on a small peak of the Truckee Range<ref>John W. Gourley, "[ftp://nas.library.unr.edu/keck/mining/SCANS/3400/34000002.pdf The Whitecap Tungsten Mine,]" 1962.</ref>. The mine is named for the quartz "blowout" located above the mine, which is visible for miles. The mine is also named the "White Blowout Mine".<ref name="bateman">Paul C. Bateman, "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/scans/3400/34000018.pdf White Blowout Tungsten Prospect]," 1944.</ref>
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| The mine was in operation in the 1950s, when between 1 and 10 tons of 60% WO3 concentrates were shipped.
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| In 1944, the mine was owned by H.S. Turner, Carl Stoddard and Fred Crosby. Previously it was owned by the Southern Pacific Company.<ref name="bateman"/>
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| In 1962, the mine was owned by Fred Crosby of [[Sutcliffe]].
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| In 2014, APN 079-320-15 is owned by Eugene Gabrych, a large land owner.
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| == References ==
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| == External Resources ==
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| * [http://www.mindat.org/loc-63644.html Mindat] "White Caps"
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| * [http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:855168 | GNIS]
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| ** Citation: "Bonham, Harold F. and Papke, Keith G. 'Geology and Mineral Deposits of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada' Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 70, 1969, 140pp. Describes the mining districts, mines, mills, and resources of the mentioned counties. PL2"
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| ** Variant Name: Crosby Mine: Citation: "Bonham, Harold F. and Papke, Keith G. 'Geology and Mineral Deposits of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada' Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 70, 1969, 140pp. Describes the mining districts, mines, mills, and resources of the mentioned counties. PL2"
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| * [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.941466,-119.285697&num=1&t=h&gl=us&z=19&iwloc=near 39.941466, -119.285697]
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| * References from Gourley:
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| ** "East, J.H. Jr, and Trengove, R.R., [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005980473 Investigation of the Nightingale Tungsten Deposit Pershing County, Nevada]. U.S.B.M., R.I. 4678, 1950."
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| ** "Hess, F.L., and Larsen, E.S., Contact-metamorphic tungsten deposits of the United States: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 725-D, 1921."
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| ** "Smith, W.C., and Guild, P.W., [http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0936b/report.pdf Tungsten deposits of the Nightingale District Pershing County, Nevada]: U.S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 936-B, 1942."
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