Phillipine No. 2 Claim

The Phillipine No. 2 Claim is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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

Name: Phillipine No. 2 Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.52556, -116.00500

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.