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Alpha Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037315
MRDS ID M031290
Record type Site
Current site name Alpha Mine
Related records 10223161

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.03143, 39.258 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES W OF ELY, ON WEST SIDE OF RIB HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riepetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16N 62E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ely Limestone;Joana Limestone
    Rock description Ely Limestone;Joana Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.03143, 39.258
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN AN EAST-TRENDING ZONE 6 MILES LONG, UP TO 3000 FEET WIDE LOCALIZED IN STRUCTURAL TRAPS ALONG FAVORABLE BEDS. ORES WERE OXIDIZED AND ENRICHED TO DEPTH OF 1800 FEET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robinson (Ely, Ruth, Kimberly)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH, 1976 GEO. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO., NEV. NEV BUREAU MINE BULL 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.