The Alpha Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.29472, -119.65222
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Alpha Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alpha Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode
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: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO V-SHAPED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Regional Dip To West And Northwest
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Propylitization, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE FALLS IN THE SOUTH END GROUP OF THE COMSTOCK CLAIMS. THE DEPOSIT IS V-SHAPED AND THE ORE OCCURS ON THE HANGING WALL. THE FOOTWALL IS COMPOSED OF BARREN QUARTZ. ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1859, DEVELOPED BY SHAFTS AND DRIFTS BROM 1860 TO 1864. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED THROUGH THE 1890'S, IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR HIGH-GRADE ORE. CURRENTLY PART OF THE CLAIM BLOCK ON WHICH HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS HAS ITS OPEN PIT OPERATIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): BETWEEN EXCHEQUER AND IMPERIAL CLAIMS ON THE LODE
Comment (Development): STAKED IN 1859, DEVELOPED IN 1860-1864 AND THROUTH THE 1890'S. CURRENTLY PART OF THE CLAIM BLOCK ON WHICH HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS HAS ITS OPEN PIT OPERATIONS
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, DRIFTS, OPEN PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CAR., AND CARPENTER, J. A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70
Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATEWRITER'S PROJECT AND NEV. BUREAU OF MINES: INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK, 1940-41 OPEN FILE REPORT, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES.
Reference (Production): BONHAM, H. F., 1969.
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.
