The Alpine Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.03278, -117.56000
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Alpine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alpine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Lone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS, SEAMS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): THE MAJOR MINES ARE LOCATED WEST OF MONTEZUMA PEAK. THE UTM COORDINATES ARE OF MONTEZUMA TOWNSITE.
Comment (Production): AN ESTIMATED $500,000 WAS PRODUCED UP TO 1887.
Comment (Deposit): THE DISTRICT WAS ORGANIZED IN 1867, BY NAGLE, CARLYLE, AND PLUNKETT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.
Comment (Production): THE MINE SHIPPED $209,000 WORTH OF ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD., NEV.: USGS PP 55, P. 81-83
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.
