Phelps-Stokes

The Phelps-Stokes is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,119 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

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Site Name

Primary: Phelps-Stokes
Secondary: Iron Mountain Claims
Secondary: Stokes Iron Mine
Secondary: Phelps Stokes Iron Deposit

Commodity

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Gabbs District

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Standard Slag Co
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: Grace Church
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Actinolite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Phlogopite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Kaolin
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Augite
Unknown: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Location): GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 80 KM NE OF HAWTHORNE.

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS ALSO CONTROLLED BY CONTACT ZONE. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL.

References

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. PART B, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 53, 1958, 97 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 750. VITALIANO, C. J., AND E. CALLAGHAN. GEOLOGY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): PARADISE PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL SURV. QUAD.

Reference (Deposit): MAP GQ-250, 1963, SCALE 1:62,000.

Reference (Deposit): IC 8511, 1971, 207 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 580. REEVES, R. G., F. R. SHAWE, AND V. E. KRAL. IRON ORE

Reference (Deposit): 357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.

Reference (Deposit): 368. KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 454. MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES

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.