The Phalen Mine is a tungsten mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Phalen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Phalen Mine
Secondary: Kinsley Consolidated
Secondary: Southam, Kerong, Kinsley, Phalen-Keegan
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Kinsley (Kingsley)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1944, 1954
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Aug Less Than 1.0 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Silication
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): MARBLE RIDGE AREA
Comment (Production): A SMALL HIGH GRADE POD AUG 30.0 % WO3
Comment (Development): THIS PROPERTY WAS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE EARLIER OPERATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER PROSPECT
Comment (Workings): A 100-FT. SHAFT AND 4 ADITS
Comment (Geology): PALE GARNET AT MAIN SHAFT HAS PALE GARNET-DIOPSIDE SKARN GREY SILIFIED QTZ PORPHYRY. AT SHAFT N30DEG E VERTICAL QUARTZ VEIN, N50 DEG W VERT. QUARTZ VEIN N50 DEGW VERT. FRACTURE ZONE IN MARBLE. N-S VERT. SHEAR ZONE WITH/PODS JASPER & GOSSAN ALONG PT. WALL ROCK WHILE MARBLE LACED W/SILICA VEINLETS. WORKINGS ABOVE SHAFT, REPLACEMENT PODE OCCUR IN LIMESTONE ALONG BEDDING & X-CUTTING FRACTURES.-BEDDINGIS HORIZONTAL TO GENTLY FOLDED FRACTURES N50W N65 SW-N30 DEG E VERT.
Comment (Deposit): THE KINSLEY CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 1/8 MILE E. OF INTRUSIVE CONTACT, IN DOLOMITE MARBLE, AND NEAR QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE THAT STRIKES NEFROM THE STOCK. THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY NIXANS OF A 100' SHAFT, AND 4 ADITS. THE COPPER ORES WERE WORKED ON THE PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY WAS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE EARLIER OPERATORS AT THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M., (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS ON EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, 256 PGS.
Reference (Production): NBMG BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984).
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.
