Alpine Mine

The Alpine Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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

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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.