| 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: | -114.3428, 40.12715 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | NW CONTACT OF INTRUSIVE; LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF THE CAPTAIN JACK CLAIM. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 026N | 068E | 18 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Kinsley Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Kinsley Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| (1) | -114.3428, 40.12715 |
|---|
| Strike | N21E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 55E |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| District name | Kinsley (Kingsley) |
|---|
| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1944, 1954 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | W | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Aug Less Than 1.0 % Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233458 |
HILL, JAMES M., (1916), NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS ON EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.
SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56
STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, 256 PGS.
NBMG BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984).
| 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 |
| 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 |
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