The Phillipine No. 2 Claim is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Phillipine No. 2 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Phillipine No. 2 Claim
Secondary: Copper Belle Mine Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Trimetal Mining Co.
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO COPPER BELLE MINE
Comment (Development): SMALL PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE REPORTED
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE, CONTROLLED BY FAULTS, FISSURES
Comment (Workings): ADITS, CUTS
Comment (Geology): GOSSAN PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): THE PHILLIPPINE (NO. 2) CLAIM IS PART OF THE HOLDINGS OF THE (1910) TRIMETAL MINING CO.S' COPPER BELLE MINE. A SMALL PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM THIS CLAIM. THE PROPERTY HAS HAD CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORKS DONE IN THE FORMAL ADITS AND CUTS, ETC.
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDES, AND EURELSA COUNTIES, NEVADA. USGS BULLETIN 408
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.
