Alice Mine

The Alice Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Alice Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Nevada Copper Co.
Years: 1968 -

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: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu

Orebody

Form: VEIN-TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stocks And Assoc. Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Axinite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED WEST OF THE RATTLER MINE (CLAIM)

Comment (Deposit): LODE IS IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE 300 FT. N. OF THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT THE LODE IS 8 FT. WIDE AND DIPS TOWARD THE GRANODIORITE. CARBONATES AND SULFIDES OF COPPER OCCUR AS STRINGERS UP TO A FOOT WIDE IN THE LIME SILICATE MASS

Comment (Workings): 12 FT. X 12 FT. SHAFT SUNK 80 FT. ON ORE

Comment (Geology): CARBONATES AND SULFIDES OF CU OCCUR AS STRINGERS (UP TO A FOOT WIDE) WITHIN THE SILICUTE MASS. THE SULFIDES ARE MORE ABUNDANT IN THE QUARTZOSE ZONES OF THE MASS. AXINITE PRESENT AS GONGUE MINERAL THROUGH OUT CONTACT ZONE.

Comment (Production): LESS THAN $5000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION INCLUDING SOME IRON

Comment (Deposit): IN 1916, A SHIPMENT OF 7 1/2 TON OF ORE WAS SENT TO THE GARFIELD SMELTER. IT RAN 14.8% CU, 10.2% FE, 5.05 OZ/TON AG, AND .02 OZ/TON AU. IN 1929 THE MINE PRODUCED AND SHIPPED 400 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 5.5% CU AND 13 OZ/TON AG. THE 12 FT. BY 12 FT. SHAFT IS SUNK 80 FEET ON THE ORE. THE LODE IS IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE 300 FEET NORTH OF THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT. THE LODE IS 8 FT. WIDE. BOTH LODE AND BEDDING DIP 70 DEG - 80 DEG S, TOWARD THE GRANODIORITE (SCHRADER, 1935, P 33). THE ALICE CLAIM IS ONE OF THE GREY COPPER. CORP. UPPER GROUP OF CLAIMS (SCHRADER, 1935) MINERAL SURVEY NO 4234 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): IN 1916, A SHIPMENT OF 7 1/2 TONS OF ORE WAS SENT TO THE GARFIELD SMELTER. IN 1929, THE MINE PRODUCED AND SHIPPED 400 TONS ORE

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV.: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.

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.