Alpine Mine

The Alpine Mine is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 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

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Site Name

Primary: Alpine Mine
Secondary: Alpine Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Spring Valley District; Fitting District; American 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: H. E. Simpson, J. Omar
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1924
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Ne Structural Trend

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): E/2 SW/4 NW/4 SEC. 7

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES

Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY MR. LAWRENCE IN 1924, MR.WILEY IN 1926, BERT DOWNING IN 1928, FRANK TESSIER AND O. E. SW-AN IN 1930 AND H. E. SIMPSON AND JACK OMAR IN 1940. IN 1942 IT- WAS RELOCATED BY SIMPSON, WHO HELD IT UNTIL AT LEAST 1948, BU-T REPORTED NO MINING OR PRODUCTION. IT IS REPORTED THAT SEVERA-L YEARS AGO, 2 FLASKS OF MERCURY WERE RECOVERED FROM ORE PACKE-D DOWN FROM THE MINE IN 50-POUND SACKS AND TAKEN TO RETORTS AT- FITTING. LITTLE DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1943

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR FORMS CRYSTALLINE BUNCHES IN FE & MN-STAINED CALCITE VEIN AND SMALL ISOLATED LENSES.ALONG CONTACT OF VEIN AND LIMESTONE. CINNABAR ALSO COATS THE SHEARED WALLS OF THE VEIN. SOME PIECES OF THE ORE ARE RETORT GRADE

Comment (Workings): A 25-FT SHAFT (INCLINED) AND A FEW OPEN CUTS; SMALL STOPE ALONG DOWNWARD EXTENT OF VEIN

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

Reference (Deposit): 5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.

Reference (Deposit): 6) WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB 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.