Alaska Patent

The Alaska Patent is a lead mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,079 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Alaska Patent  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 37.96861, -117.51472

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Alaska Patent MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Alaska Patent
Secondary: Lone Mountain Syndicate Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone 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

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Not available


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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Weepah Hills


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization Of Diorite


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): M.S. 4211, ALASKA LODE PATENT ISSUED IN 1914 TO WASHINGTON NEVADA MINING CO. WHEN EXAMINED IN 1979, SEVERAL SAMPLE TRENCHES THROUGH DUMP WERE NOTED; SOME EXPLORATION AND SAMPLIE K1A ; HORNFELSNG APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DONE WITHIN THE PAST 10 YRS

Comment (Deposit): COARSE GALENA IN WHITE QUARTZ VEIN

Comment (Workings): SMALL INCLINE


References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT 10-25-79.

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD., NEV.: USGS PP 55, P. 79-80.


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.