Nevada · Elko County
Producer

Phalen Mine

Elko County, Nevada, United States
TungstenLeadSilverCopperMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryLead, Silver, Copper
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlQuartz Monzonite Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Powellite, Scheelite
GangueGarnet, Hematite, Limonite, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockMarble
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Granite · Kinsley Stock
AlterationSome Silication
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10045669
MRDS IDM233458
Alternate namesKinsley Consolidated, Southam, Kerong, Kinsley, Phalen-Keegan
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.12715, -114.3428
References
HILL, JAMES M., (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS ON EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, 256 PGS.NBMG BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984).