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Phillipine No. 2 Claim

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045578
MRDS ID M233347
Record type Site
Current site name Phillipine No. 2 Claim
Alternate or previous names Copper Belle Mine Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00591, 40.52547 (WGS84)
Relative position C. 1/2 MILE NE OF STANDING ELK MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ravens Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 053E 33,34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO COPPER BELLE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00591, 40.52547
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fissures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Rocks, Faults, Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSAN PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Railroad

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Trimetal Mining Co.
    First year 1910

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, CUTS

Comments on development

  • SMALL PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE REPORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W. H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDES, AND EURELSA COUNTIES, NEVADA. USGS BULLETIN 408

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE, CONTROLLED BY FAULTS, FISSURES
Deposit THE PHILLIPPINE (NO. 2) CLAIM IS PART OF THE HOLDINGS OF THE (1910) TRIMETAL MINING CO.S' COPPER BELLE MINE. A SMALL PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM THIS CLAIM. THE PROPERTY HAS HAD CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORKS DONE IN THE FORMAL ADITS AND CUTS, ETC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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