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Shamrock Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044430
MRDS ID M231848
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock Mine
Alternate or previous names Indianapolis Claim, Crown Mine?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57844, 38.9452 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 0.5 MILE SE OF IONE

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 039E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ONE MILE SE OF 10NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result SILVER TO GOLD RATIO OF 400 TO 1 BY WEIGHT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57844, 38.9452
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW BAND
    Length 1524M
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Bond And James Ford
    Home office Ione
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shamrock Mines Co.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Utah
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION IS $107,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH 1,000 FT OF LATERALS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • 11 PATENTED AND SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS ACTIVE 1867-1887,AND INTERMITTENTLY THEREAFTER: 1924,1929,1930. OWNED IN 1922 BY GOLDFIELD-BLUEBELL MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 196-197

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H.,ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK,VOL.XV.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J. I., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NBMG BULLETIN 99B, P. 219

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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