The Alpha Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,749 Feet (2,362 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.8625, -115.41250
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Alpha Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alpha Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Devitrification & Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EARLY ORE AVERAGED 4.5OZ/TON AU (PRE-1920)
Materials
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Naumannite
Comments
Comment (Location): UPPER SOUTH SIDE OF BOURNE GULCH
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1910 BY JUDGE HUGHES, OF JARBIDGE 5 CLAIMS. 3-FT WIDE VEIN WHICH PINCHES AND SWELLS. THE MINE WAS OPENED IN 1921 BY 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 400 FEET (ADITS, DRIFTS, SMALLSHAFT). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): $165,00 WORTH OF PRODUCTION BY 1921.
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): ADITS, DRIFTS, SMALL SHAFT, STOPES.
Comment (Geology): ORE IS SLIGHTLY CELLULAR OR VUGGY-CHARACTERISTIC OF PSEUDOMORPHIC REPLACEMENT ORES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1969) MINERAL RES. OF ELKS CO, NEV., USGS OFR 1976-56.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A REOCNNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV. USGS BULL. 497.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL. 741.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL. & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV, NBM BULL. 54.
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.
