Mine detail: Phoenix

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Location

Lat / long:

40.30797, -116.6951

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Stock Intrudes The Roberts Mtn Thrust Plates, Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes Trend Predominantly West
Alteration processes:	The Granitic Rock Has Been Strongly Sericitized

References

MRDS	M232519
DEP	10044893
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.