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Alps Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037328
MRDS ID M032001
Record type Site
Current site name Alps Mine
Related records 10173595

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.43001, 37.91579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1852
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF PIOCHE ON CALIENTE ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioche(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 67E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST N OF WIDE AWAKE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNUSUALLY HIGH GOLD CONTENT FOR PIOCHE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic Alteration Of Yuba Dike.

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE 1419 CONTAINED 300 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 100 PPM BA. 200 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Yuba Dike;Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Yuba Dike;Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.43001, 37.91579
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Highland Thrust Plate, Major Nw Trending Normal Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault And Faults Cutting Off Ore And Yuba Dike.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 70 S
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting. Extension Of Yuba Dike Intersecting With A Cross-Fissure; Brecciation.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN FISSURE VEIN AND BRECCIATED ZONES OF PB CARBONATE IN A QUARTZ GANGUE, WHICH IS USUALLY WHITE. THE MAIN VEIN IS 1 TO 4 FEET THICK. AT DEPTH THE VEIN TERMINATES AGAINST SHALE. HOST ROCKS ARE WHITE TO GREY BANDED QUARTZITE DIPPING SW UP TO 40, PHYLLITIC SHALES. GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE (YUBA DIKE) 40 FT WIDE, DIP 70S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1871

Mining district

District name Pioche District District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alps Mining Co.
    First year 1932

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS HIGH GRADE, YIELDING $80/TONS IN AG AND AU (1932).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WITH EXPLORATION, THE DOWNWARD EXTENSION OF THE VEIN MAY BE DISCOVERED, WHERE THE VEIN HAS BEEN DISLOCATED BY MOVEMENT ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE SHALE AND QUARTZITE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS FROM THE 150, 200, AND 300 FT LEVELS. ALL PRODUCTION WAS FROM ABOVE THE 300 FT LEVEL. 3 OTHER SHAFTS, MANY SURFACE CUTS, TRENCHES, SMALL OPEN PIT IN 1983, STOPES. WORKINGS FOLLOW N30W RANGEFRONT FAULT.

Comments on development

  • ALPS SILVER MINING CO OWNED THE OLD FLORAL MILL. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT TAILINGS HAD BEEN MILLED RECENTLY AND ONE SHAFT WAS BEING USED AS A LANDFILL. ONE OF THE OLDEST MINES IN THE DISTRICT, THE ALPS SHAFT HAD ALREADY BEEN SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 115 FT BY 1871.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, IR UNIV OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEM 5.

  • Deposit

    SHAW, S. F., 1909, ENG AND MIN JOUR, P. 545-548.

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J. W., 1914, MIN AND SCI PRESS, P. 485.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 8/22/83.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MF-136.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. 15, P.1130.

  • Deposit

    11) USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Production

    COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943; WESTGATE AND KNOPF, 1932. WEED, W. H., 1922, P. 1130. . WEED, W. H., 1922, P. 1130.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WESTGATE AND KNOPF, 1932

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY FAULTED OFF AT ABOUT 300 FT DEPTH. QUARTZITE HIGHLY BRECCIATED AND CEMENTED BY SILICA STAINED WITH MN-FE OXIDES. PHYLLITIC SHALE OBSERVED ON DUMP ALONG WITH ABUNDANT GOSSAN. GALENA OCCURS AS CLOTS AND STRINGERS IN QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS WHITE QUARTZITE ALONG WITH MINOR PYRITE. COPPER OXIDES AND CRYSTALLINE JAROSITE ALONG WITH MUSTARD YELLOW OXIDES (SB OXIDES?) COAT FRACTURES AND BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. YUBA DIKE EXTENDS TO GENERAL VICINITY OF THE MINE, WHERE IT HAS BEEN INTERSECTED AT DEPTH. ON THE EAST, THE VEIN HAS BEEN CUT OFF BY A FAULT THAT STRIKES N55W, DIP 55SW. 3 VEINS PRESENT, REPORTED TO CONTAIN "5-10 OZ AG TO EACH UNIT OF PB". 2 OF THE VEINS COINCIDE WITH THE HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL OF THE YUBA DIKE, WHILE THE SO-CALLED "MIDDLE VEIN" IS ALONG A SET OF FRACTURES PARALLELLING THE STRIKE OF AND WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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