The Phoenix Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.50139, -115.98361
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Phoenix Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Phoenix Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Discovery Year: 1873
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 replacement
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Smithsonite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 IN
Comment (Development): 1873-1913 PRODUCTION PERIOD.
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES ARE LOCALIZED ALONG FRACTURED ZONES
Comment (Deposit): OVER 5,000 TONS OF ORE WORTH $156,043 WERE PRODUCED FROM 1873 TO 1913 (NOLAN 1962). THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED IN THE RUBY HILL AREA, THE RICHEST OF THE FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. THE PHOENIX MINE ADJOINS THE EUREKA-CONSOLIDATED PROPERTY TO THE EAST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN ELDORADO DOLOMITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ETAL (1967) GEOLOGIC & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64.
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO. 119, REF. NO. 3201100100
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT NEV., USGS PP. 406
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
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.
