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Phoenix

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044893
MRDS ID M232519
Record type Site
Current site name Phoenix

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6951, 40.30797 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TENABO
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 047E 08,17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) The Granitic Rock Has Been Strongly Sericitized

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6951, 40.30797
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Stock Intrudes The Roberts Mtn Thrust Plates
Local Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes Trend Predominantly West

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.46M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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).

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year <1910
Year of first production <1910

Mining district

District name Bullion

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CONTAINED SOME COPPER AND ZINC, TOO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 250-FT 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT, ADIT AT 100-FT LEVEL AND A 160-FT LEVEL

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M232519

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 67, REFERENCE NO. 3201500162

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS. USGS BULL 408

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    EMMONS, W. H. (1910)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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
Deposit BANDED FISSURE FILLINGS OF QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology