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Mike Phelps and Dick Johnson Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046388
MRDS ID M241537
Record type Site
Current site name Mike Phelps and Dick Johnson Mine
Alternate or previous names May Be Same As One of Pennsylvania Mines.
Related records 10149761

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.49861, 37.42719 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ella Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 067E 22,23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ELGIN AREA, MEADOW VALLEY WASH; 8.6 MILES BY ROAD FROM ELGIN UTM ESTIMATED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Tuff

Analytical data

Result UP TO $100/TON IN AU (1953)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.49861, 37.42719
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Viola?

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mike Phelps And Dick Johnson
    First year 1953

Comments on the workings information

  • MUCH MINOR SHAFT WORK DONE; DEEPEST SHAFT ABOUT 30 FT

Comments on development

  • ABOUT 40 TONS ORE MILLED, WITH POOR RESULTS, IN A SMALL GIBSON POCKET HUNTER, 1 MILE BELOW THE MINE; ALSO ABOUT 1 CAR ORE SHIPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 178, ITEM 3; 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED TUFF BED MINERALIZED WITH COPPER AND GOLD. SOME VERTICAL "FEEDER" VEINS NOTED BELOW TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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