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Shamrock Diggings

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044429
MRDS ID M231847
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock Diggings
Alternate or previous names North Star Claim, Phillips Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.56566, 38.94214 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1.2 MILES SE OF IONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 039E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result 1951-AVERAGE CONTENT OF VEIN IS $22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.56566, 38.94214
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phillips, Mrs. J. C.
    Home office Reno, Nv
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stephenson, C. L.
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1932 AND BETWEEN 1941-1945. AMOUNT UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CAVED 300 FT SHAFT, A 50 FT SHAFT, AND A 100 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 197.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J. I., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NBMG BULLETIN 99B, P. 219

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTINUATION OF THE VEIN IN THE INDIANAPOLIS CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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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