Mine detail: Phalen Mine

Previously called 'Kinsley ConsolidatedSoutham, Kerong, Kinsley, Phalen-Keegan'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.12715, -114.3428

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Lead, Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Garnet, Hematite, Limonite, Tremolite
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Marble
Associated rock:	Kinsley Stock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Alteration processes:	Some Silication

References

MRDS	M233458
DEP	10045669
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M., (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS ON EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.}{Deposit:: SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56}{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, 256 PGS.}{Production:: NBMG BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984).}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V., Jones, David A. (Usgs-Mio)