Mine detail: Phoenix Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.8721, -113.72419

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Garnet
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	White Knob Limestone; Marble, Tactite, Skarn
Host type:	Marble,Skarn (Tactite)
Associated rock:	Dike-Rhyolite;Mackay Granite-Granite Porphyry
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Fractures

References

MRDS	W015692
MAS	160370021
DEP	10071919
Reference	{Deposit:: Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South-Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 108, 40 P.}{Deposit:: Leland, G. R., 1957, General Geology And Mineralization Of The Mackay Stock Area: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 71 P.}{Deposit:: Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1252-A, 30 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 581, P. 241.}{Deposit:: 1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bulletin 1252-A}
Reporter	McHugh, Edward L., Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat