The Shamrock Diggings is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.94222, -117.56472
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Shamrock Diggings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shamrock Diggings
Secondary: North Star Claim
Secondary: Phillips Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union 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: Phillips, Mrs. J. C.
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Stephenson, C. L.
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1951-AVERAGE CONTENT OF VEIN IS $22
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1932 AND BETWEEN 1941-1945. AMOUNT UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): CONTINUATION OF THE VEIN IN THE INDIANAPOLIS CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CAVED 300 FT SHAFT, A 50 FT SHAFT, AND A 100 FT SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 197.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J. I., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NBMG BULLETIN 99B, P. 219
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.
