Phalen Mine

Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Silver, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045669
MRDS ID M233458
Record type Site
Current site name Phalen Mine
Alternate or previous names Kinsley Consolidated, Southam, Kerong, Kinsley, Phalen-Keegan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3428, 40.12715 (WGS84)
Relative position NW CONTACT OF INTRUSIVE; LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF THE CAPTAIN JACK CLAIM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinsley Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 068E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MARBLE RIDGE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Silication

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Kinsley Stock
    Rock description Kinsley Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3428, 40.12715

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N21E
    Dip 55E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Monzonite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • PALE GARNET AT MAIN SHAFT HAS PALE GARNET-DIOPSIDE SKARN GREY SILIFIED QTZ PORPHYRY. AT SHAFT N30DEG E VERTICAL QUARTZ VEIN, N50 DEG W VERT. QUARTZ VEIN N50 DEGW VERT. FRACTURE ZONE IN MARBLE. N-S VERT. SHEAR ZONE WITH/PODS JASPER & GOSSAN ALONG PT. WALL ROCK WHILE MARBLE LACED W/SILICA VEINLETS. WORKINGS ABOVE SHAFT, REPLACEMENT PODE OCCUR IN LIMESTONE ALONG BEDDING & X-CUTTING FRACTURES.-BEDDINGIS HORIZONTAL TO GENTLY FOLDED FRACTURES N50W N65 SW-N30 DEG E VERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Kinsley (Kingsley)

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1944, 1954
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Aug Less Than 1.0 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL HIGH GRADE POD AUG 30.0 % WO3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 100-FT. SHAFT AND 4 ADITS

Comments on development

  • THIS PROPERTY WAS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE EARLIER OPERATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER PROSPECT
Deposit THE KINSLEY CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 1/8 MILE E. OF INTRUSIVE CONTACT, IN DOLOMITE MARBLE, AND NEAR QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE THAT STRIKES NEFROM THE STOCK. THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY NIXANS OF A 100' SHAFT, AND 4 ADITS. THE COPPER ORES WERE WORKED ON THE PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY WAS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE EARLIER OPERATORS AT THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Jones, David A. (Usgs-Mio) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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