The Alaska Patent is a lead mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,079 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 37.96861, -117.51472
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Alaska Patent MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alaska Patent
Secondary: Lone Mountain Syndicate Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Weepah Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization Of Diorite
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): M.S. 4211, ALASKA LODE PATENT ISSUED IN 1914 TO WASHINGTON NEVADA MINING CO. WHEN EXAMINED IN 1979, SEVERAL SAMPLE TRENCHES THROUGH DUMP WERE NOTED; SOME EXPLORATION AND SAMPLIE K1A ; HORNFELSNG APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DONE WITHIN THE PAST 10 YRS
Comment (Deposit): COARSE GALENA IN WHITE QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): SMALL INCLINE
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT 10-25-79.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD., NEV.: USGS PP 55, P. 79-80.
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.
