Phazon Mines

The Phazon Mines are an area of Tallon IV, located south of the Tallon Overworld and west of the Magmoor Caverns. They are the core of all Space Pirate activity on Tallon IV, with over one hundred Space Pirate troopers working within the complex. As the name suggests, the Phazon Mines were created by the Pirates to mine phazon, a valuable energy source for them. They also had many labs within the mines, and a few Metroid quarantines.

The Phazon Mines are clearly divided into three parts, named within the game as Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3. Level 1, the surface level, mostly contains security areas and large mining machines. Level 2, somewhat deeper, contains various labs and ventilation shafts. Level 3 is where the actual mining takes place; this level is mostly dark, and the mining shafts are only lit by phazon-dwelling mushrooms. Level 3 is also where the Omega Pirate is held, within the Elite Quarters.

The Flamethrower, Grapple Beam, Power Bomb, and Phazon Suit are found within the Phazon Mines. The boss of the area is the Omega Pirate, who is a highly mutated Elite Pirate with phazon-enhanced powers. '