Alhambra Mine

The Alhambra Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Alpine county, California at an elevation of 9,501 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

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Site Name

Primary: Alhambra Mine
Secondary: Wolframite

Commodity

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

Location

State: California
County: Alpine
District: Hope Valley

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Alhambra Mining Corp.
Home Office: Gardnerville, Nev.
Years: 1977 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): $1.80 - 88.00/TON AU ASSAY, & VARYING AMTS AG

Comment (Geology): THIS AND ADJOINING ALPINE ARE ON CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS ON W AND GRANITIC RX ON E. METAMORPHIC RX MAINLY MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZITE. GRANITIC RX MAINLY COARSE-GRAINED GRANODIORITE. MINERALIZATION ZONE CONTAINS ABUNDANT SULFIDES AND SMALL BODIES OF FINE GRAINED TACTITE W DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE. SCHISTS HAVE BEEN INVADED BY BASIC DIKES. SURFACE ROCK OF RED LAKE PEAK STAINED BY IRON OXIDE. GENERAL STRIKE OF SCHSTOSITY IS N. ; GEOL.DESC: MINE IS LOCATED IN CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS ON THE WEST AND GRANITIC ROCKS ON THE EAST. METAMORPHIC ZONE CONSISTS PREDOMIANTLY OF MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZITE WHILE THE GRANITIC ROCKS ARE PRINCIPALLY COARSE-GRAINED GRANODIORITE.

Comment (Deposit): ON 4 LARGE OUTCROPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): FIRST WORKED FOR AU IN EARLY 1930'S, FOR W IN EARLY 1950'S NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comment (Workings): TWO OPEN SW ADITS 100 FT. LONG AND 100 FT. APART VERTICALLY

References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1977; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CA., COUNTY REPT. 8; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 40

Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957; LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53, NOS. 3&4; DIV. OF MINES, P. 413

Reference (Production): CLARK, W.B., 1977

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