The Alice Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,217 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,217 Feet (1,590 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.84417, -115.49417
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Alice Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alice Mine
Secondary: Yellow Pine Extension Mine
Secondary: Green Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Robbins, A. J.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Year: 1924
Time Period: 1909 - 1924
Material type: ZN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30 - 42 % Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Overthrusting, Faults In District Tend To Make A Reticulate Pattern
Type: L
Description: Folding And Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Calamine
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE ZINC BEARING DOLOMITE BRECCIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH SILL LIKE MASSES OF GRANITE PORPHYRY WHICH INTRUDED THE BIRD SPRINGS FORMATION.
References
Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 139 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C. C., JR., RICHARDS, A., BROKAW, A. L., REINEMUND, J. A., 1954 , GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF PB AND ZN DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT, GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1010 .
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.
