The Phelps Stokes Mine is a iron mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.89278, -117.82500
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Phelps Stokes Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Phelps Stokes Mine
Secondary: Iron Mountain Claim 1907-Patent 984
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Gabbs District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Standard Slag Co.
Home Office: Youngstown, Ohio
Years: 1953 -
Owner Name: Grace Church
Home Office: New York, Ny
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Three Major Faults; North Fault, Bell Canyon Fault, Pit Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of The Dolomite. Oxidation Of The Iron Ore.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 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.
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Phlogopite
Comments
Comment (Development): A SMALL PRODUCTION IS CURRENTLY USED BY BASIC,INC.IN PROCESSING THEIR MAGNESITE ORES AT GABBS.
Comment (Production): 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.
Comment (Workings): THE IRON ORE WAS MINED BY OPEN PIT. THE LEAD-SILVER ORE WAS MINED BY THREE SHAFTS, A SHORT ADIT, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 108
Reference (Production): REEVES AND OTHERS, 1958, P. 41; KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
