Phoenix

The Phoenix is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Lander 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: Phoenix  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold

Lat, Long: 40.30806, -116.69417

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Phoenix MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Phoenix


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
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: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Stock Intrudes The Roberts Mtn Thrust Plates

Type: L
Description: Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes Trend Predominantly West


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Granitic Rock Has Been Strongly Sericitized


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION CONTAINED SOME COPPER AND ZINC, TOO.

Comment (Deposit): BANDED FISSURE FILLINGS OF QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES

Comment (Workings): 250-FT 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT, ADIT AT 100-FT LEVEL AND A 160-FT LEVEL

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSITS ARE BANDED FISSURE FILLINGS. THE THREE VEINS ARE FROM 4 TO 18 INCHES WIDE AND ALL STRIKE WESTWARD. THE SULFIDE ORE, 100 FEET IN DEPTH IS COMPOSED OF QUARTZ PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE. POST ORE MOVEMENT ALONG THE FISSURE CONTAINING THE VEINS HAS CRUSHED AND DECOMPOSED THE VEIN & WALLROCK INTO TWO FOOT WIDE ZONES OF SERICITIZED COUNTRY ROCK AND BROKEN MASSES OF QUARTZ AND ORE (EMMONS 1910).

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TWO COMPARTMENT SHAFT 250 FEET DEEP. AN ADIT DRIVEN NORTHWARD INTERSECTS THE SHAFT AT THE 100 LEVEL, AND A SECOND LEVEL AT 160 FEET DOWN. SEE HUMPHREY (1945) FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FOUR CLAIMS


References

Reference (Deposit): HUMPHREY, F. L. (1945) REPORT ON THE PHOENIX MINE, LANDER CO. NEV., N. B. M. DISTRICT FILE 151, ITEM3

Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C. T. (1974) GEOLO GIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647

Reference (Production): EMMONS, W. H. (1910)

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 67, REFERENCE NO. 3201500162

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS. USGS BULL 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.