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Phillips Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098642
MRDS ID M233675
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Mine
Alternate or previous names North Star Claim A Fraction In the Shamrock Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57844, 38.9452 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

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 013N 039E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE AVG. $22/TON (1951)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57844, 38.9452
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Phillips (Reno) And C. L. Stephenson (Los Angeles)-1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED 300-FT. SHAFT, 50-FT. AND 100-FT. SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • REPORTEDLY LAST WORKED IN WORLD WAR II. PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTINUATION OF THE VEIN ON THE SHAMROCK GROUND (INDIANAPOLIS CLAIM)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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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.