New Alto Divide Mining Company Property.

The New Alto Divide Mining Company Property. is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: New Alto Divide Mining Company Property.
Secondary: Alto Claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Divide (Gold 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: New Alto Divide Mining Co.; J. Mayer, President-Manager
Years: 1923 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Potassic, Phyllic And Propylitic, Zoned Around Fractures And Faults

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: VEIN MATERIAL AVERAGED $8.60/TON, MAINLY IN SILVER (1922)

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN 1923, FORMED IN 1921 TO TAKE OVER HOLDINGS OF ALTO DIVIDE MINING CO. (UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AS EAST DIVIDE MINING CO.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN

Comment (Workings): 400-FT SHAFT, BEGUN IN 1919, WITH ALL LATERAL WORK ON 400-FT LEVEL. A 190-FT CROSSCUT TO EAST EXPOSED VEIN

Comment (Location): 4 CLAIMS EAST OF THE TONOPAH DIVIDE MINE; 70+ ACRES . UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923,

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 124.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92, P. 121-128

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, P. 1125.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XV, P. 1290.

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.