The Alpine Mine is a silver and lead 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: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.03333, -117.56000
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Alpine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alpine Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2006
Secondary: Patented Claims Alpine Ladd, Alpine Lass, Alpine Tavern Alpine City,
Secondary: Rattler, Rattler 2, Rattler 3, Serpentine Wedge, Plomo, North Star,
Secondary: Perseverance, Evening Star, Hidden Treasure, Morning Star,
Secondary: Alpine Queen, Alpine King, Rattler 4,
Secondary: Fraction Lode Surveyed In 1904.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District;Alpine 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
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: STRATIFORM,PODS, LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Low Angle Faults; Thrust Fault; Nnw-Trending Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF LONE MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS, STOPES, PITS, DRIFTS
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS OCCUR ALONG A BRECCIATED ZONE BEDDING IN BLEACHED,RECRYSTALIZED DOLOMITE. LAMPROPHYRE DIKES CUT THE SECTION, CAUSING SILICATION NEAR THEIR CONTACT ZONES. THE BEDDING-CONTROLLED MINERALIZATION EXPOSED IN THE UPPER STOPE SHOWS CRUSTS AND FILLINGS OF MNO AND CU OXIDES WHICH ALSO FILL AROUND AND BETWEEN BLOCKS OF DELOMITE. DOLOMITE BLOCKS ARE RECRYSTALLIZED;WOLLASTONITE OCCURS AS RIMS ON THE BLOCK, AND THE OXIDE MINERALS INTERMIX WITH THE AND COAT THE WOLLASTONITE. MINERALS NOTED ARE MN OXIDES, MORPHITE, AURICHALCITE,MALACHITE, CALCITE,WOLLASTONITE, CERAGYRITE?ARGENTITE? CONTACT ZONE ALONG EDGE OF LONE MOUNTAIN PLUTON IS0.5 MILE WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS PP 55.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F. JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, NBMG BULL 92, P.132-133.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4/29/83.
Reference (Deposit): PHARISS, E.I., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ALPINE MINING DISTRICT, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: MS. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, P. 88-98
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 83-12, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.
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.
