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Phelps-Stokes

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174017
MAS/MILS ID 0320230155
Record type Site
Current site name Phelps-Stokes
Alternate or previous names Iron Mountain Claims, Stokes Iron Mine, Phelps Stokes Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.83014, 38.88712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 012 N 037 E 21 C N2SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 80 KM NE OF HAWTHORNE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Augite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Phlogopite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.83014, 38.88712
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 60N
    Thickness 122M
    Length 550M
    Width 61M
    Area 9.3HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N75W:60N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 9.3
    Date of Last Modification 850823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Gabbs District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grace Church
    Home office New York
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Slag Co
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.

  • Deposit

    368. KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.

  • Deposit

    454. MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA

  • Deposit

    IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    IC 8511, 1971, 207 PP.

  • Deposit

    580. REEVES, R. G., F. R. SHAWE, AND V. E. KRAL. IRON ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. PART B, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 53, 1958, 97 PP.

  • Deposit

    750. VITALIANO, C. J., AND E. CALLAGHAN. GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    PARADISE PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL SURV. QUAD.

  • Deposit

    MAP GQ-250, 1963, SCALE 1:62,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS ALSO CONTROLLED BY CONTACT ZONE. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-1991 Koehler U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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