1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Wilcox and Frazer Claims

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Antimony
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044697
MRDS ID M232263
Record type Site
Current site name Wilcox and Frazer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86868, 39.7427 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 MI NN OF EUREKA, NEVADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rattlesnake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 054E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN PHILLIPSBURG CANON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Limestone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.86868, 39.7427
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • QTZ CALCITE VEIN IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE, FE OX AND MN OX STAIN ABUNDANT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Diamond District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDENBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONN. OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA USBM. INF. CIRC. 7022

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENSION OF PHILLIPS VEIN
Deposit SAID TO BE ON EXTENSION OF PHILLIPS VEIN, 1000 FT. WORKINGS. SE PHILLIPSBURG MINE-CLAIMS LIES ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE PHILLIPS GROUP (PHILLIPSBURG MINE). (VANDERBURG, 1938) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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