The Gardnerville Alpine Mill is a tungsten and molybdenum mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 38.86667, -119.56667
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Gardnerville Alpine Mill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gardnerville Alpine Mill
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville, Eagle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1951-1956
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1937-1940
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE IS IN DOLOSTONE. DEVELOPMENT IN 1940, BUT NO MORE ORE WAS FOUND ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Production): UNPUBLISHED DMEA COMMODITY SPECIALIST IN FORMATION; NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL, STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN. 1984)
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
