Alabama Mine

The Alabama Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 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: Alabama Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2386
Secondary: Alhambra Mine?

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Awakening District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Currently Leased To Dallas Church And Partner Who Are Preparing To Open The Mine, Actively Working (

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Mod. Regional Deformation. Fold Axes Trend N.S. Axal Planes Dip W.

Type: L
Description: Crumpling, Folding, Shearing Of Country Rock

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2386 OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON THE DUMPS.

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Development): BOTH MR. CHURCH AND HIS PARTNER WERE TREATING ORES FROM THE DUMPS ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE THEIR GRADE, AS WEEL AS -MAKING GENERAL PREPARATIONS TO PUT THE MINE IN PRODUCTION,1985

Comment (Workings): INCLINE SHAFT (-38 DEGREES) TRENDS ABOUT DUE WEST. HEADFRAME AND OREBIN STILL INTACT BUT NO EQUIPMENT PRESENT. SHA-FT APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST 200 FT DEEP. ACCORDING TO NBMG BULL -59, TABLE 27, INCLINED SHAFT IS ABOUT 175 FT DEEP WITH SHORT D-RDFTS EVERY 50 FT OR SO.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: GOLD FORMS THIN SCALES ON CLEAVAGE PLANES ADHERING TO QUARTZ.

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR ROAD 3 MILES WEST OF DAVEYTOWN

Comment (Production): 280,000 TONS ORE FROM DISTRICT, THRU 1963

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION IN THE DISTRICT WAS SPORADIC FROM 1912 TO 1918 PRODUCTION WAS REVIVED IN 1935 WITH THE DISCOVERY OF THE JUMBO MINE. PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER PEAKED IN THE TE 1930'S AND DWINDLED THROUGH THE 1940'S AND 1950'S FROM 1935-1959, 25, 648 OZ. GOLD WERE PRODUCED GY THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, 1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEPS. OF HUMBOLDT CO., NV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A.H.AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE U.S., USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P.181.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 8-14-84

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 6-11-85

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIR., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS, HUMBOLDT CO., NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., 1938, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SLUMBERING HILLS, NEV; U OF NEV. BULL., VOC. 32, NO. 3

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.