Alpha Mine

The Alpha Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,079 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Alpha Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 5,079 Feet (1,548 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 35.3375, -114.12389

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Alpha Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Alpha Mine
Secondary: Summit Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1945
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^3.94 % Pb, 5.05 % Zn, 0.50 % Cu, 0.07 Oz Au/Ton, 7.30 Oz Ag/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSES


Structure

Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Type: L
Description: Schistosity Trends About N 30 E


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ASSAY FIGURES ARE HIGHEST AND LOWEST DETERMINED FROM SAMPLES

Comment (Location): TWO ADITS AND SHAFT INDICATED ON MAP

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR 1940'S FOR ALPHA MINE MAY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR SUMMIT MINE FOR THOSE YEARS WHERE RALPH R. LANGLEY WAS OPERATOR

Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE E.M. LEONARD, ALPHA KEYSTONE (1938), DALE SANDISON, FERGUSON BROTHERS, REARDON, CAROLINE DANIELS MOORE (1946), R.R. LANGLEY (1946), PETER COOPER, OSCAR F. DENNIS, MRS. SMITH (1909)

Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS, 1200 FT AND 400 FT LONG; 4 LARGE STOPES; 1 RAISE OF 300 FT CONNECTING THE TUNNELS AND SURFACE

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D002361 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S OR 1870'S


References

Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M. G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

Reference (Deposit): HAURY, P. S., EXAMINATION OF ZN-PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA (ALPHA; CASHIER)

Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101


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