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Shamrock Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295348
MAS/MILS ID 0320230474
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock Mine
Alternate or previous names Crown, Indianapolis, Ione Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.58314, 38.94412 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097

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 012 N 039 E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.58314, 38.94412
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marshall Earth Resources
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Grizzly Oil Co.
    Home office Utah
  • Type Owner
    Owner Argus Resources, Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV INDUS COMM DIR OF ACT NEV MINE OPS, P. 53-54.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 50, 1951, P. 196-197

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, NBMG, 1980, P. 38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUN-1994 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.