Shamrock Mine

The Shamrock Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 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: Shamrock Mine
Secondary: Indianapolis Claim
Secondary: Crown Mine?

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

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: George Bond And James Ford
Home Office: Ione
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Shamrock Mines Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Utah
Years: 1951 -

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

Form: NARROW BAND

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SILVER TO GOLD RATIO OF 400 TO 1 BY WEIGHT

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH 1,000 FT OF LATERALS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comment (Location): ONE MILE SE OF 10NE

Comment (Production): TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION IS $107,000.

Comment (Development): 11 PATENTED AND SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS ACTIVE 1867-1887,AND INTERMITTENTLY THEREAFTER: 1924,1929,1930. OWNED IN 1922 BY GOLDFIELD-BLUEBELL MINING CO.

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 196-197

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H.,ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK,VOL.XV.

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.