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Phelps Stokes Mine

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044224
MRDS ID M231597
Record type Site
Current site name Phelps Stokes Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Mountain Claim 1907-Patent 984

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.82594, 38.8927 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position AT THE MOUTH OF BELL CANYON; 6 MILES E-NE OF GABBS.

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 012N 037E 21 NE OF SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of The Dolomite. Oxidation Of The Iron Ore.

Analytical data

Result WEIGHTED ANALYSIS OF IRON ORE FROM DRILL HOLES BY THE USBM AVERAGE 46.5-54.6% FE, 0.3-4.14% S, 0.3-0.8% P.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.82594, 38.8927
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Three Major Faults; North Fault, Bell Canyon Fault, Pit Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Length 289.56M
    Width 76.2M
    Depth to bottom 48.77M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control, Possible The Paradise Thrust Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer Nevada Co.

Mining district

District name Gabbs District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Standard Slag Co.
    Home office Youngstown, Ohio
    First year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Grace Church
    Home office New York, Ny
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • STANDARD SLAG WAS SHIPPING 25000 TONS PER MONTH TO JAPAN IN 1951-52. MORE RECENTLY, MINING OF LESSER TONNAGES HAS BEEN DONE AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS. PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION WAS 1949-1954.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE IRON ORE WAS MINED BY OPEN PIT. THE LEAD-SILVER ORE WAS MINED BY THREE SHAFTS, A SHORT ADIT, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • A SMALL PRODUCTION IS CURRENTLY USED BY BASIC,INC.IN PROCESSING THEIR MAGNESITE ORES AT GABBS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, R.G., AND OTHERS, 1958, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B-IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 53, P. 38-44.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 108

  • Production

    REEVES AND OTHERS, 1958, P. 41; KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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