Alona Mines

The Alona Mines is a lead mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,603 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: Alona Mines
Secondary: Chalk Mountain Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Chalk Mountain 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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Elizabeth Mathews
Company ID: 2601725
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1990

Owner Name: Chalk Mountain Associates
Company ID: 2601725
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. NAVY, 1991, FIG. 4-4, P. 50.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT FOT THE

Reference (Deposit): WITHDRAWAL AT NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, CHURCHILL COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): ATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PROPOSED MASTER LAND

Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, R.J., AND BOLENEUS, D.E. MINERAL RESOURCE EVALU-

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, P. 2.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 64.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 81, 1974, P. 18.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 2, 1962, P. 4.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 18-19.

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.