Alice Mine

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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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

Name: Alice Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.