Alpha Mine

The Alpha Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,749 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

Name: Alpha Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.