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Alpine Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040469
MRDS ID M055271
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Mine
Alternate or previous names Alpine Prospect
Related records 10256534

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09458, 40.22657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1 MI S OF FISHER CANYON, HUMBOLDT RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fisher Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 035E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • E/2 SW/4 NW/4 SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Natchez Pass Formation
    Rock description Natchez Pass Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09458, 40.22657
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Structural Trend

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 50 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Discoverer Mr. Lawrence
Production years TO 1943

Mining district

District name Spring Valley District; Fitting District; American District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. E. Simpson, J. Omar
    First year 1943

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • A 25-FT SHAFT (INCLINED) AND A FEW OPEN CUTS; SMALL STOPE ALONG DOWNWARD EXTENT OF VEIN

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY MR. LAWRENCE IN 1924, MR.WILEY IN 1926, BERT DOWNING IN 1928, FRANK TESSIER AND O. E. SW-AN IN 1930 AND H. E. SIMPSON AND JACK OMAR IN 1940. IN 1942 IT- WAS RELOCATED BY SIMPSON, WHO HELD IT UNTIL AT LEAST 1948, BU-T REPORTED NO MINING OR PRODUCTION. IT IS REPORTED THAT SEVERA-L YEARS AGO, 2 FLASKS OF MERCURY WERE RECOVERED FROM ORE PACKE-D DOWN FROM THE MINE IN 50-POUND SACKS AND TAKEN TO RETORTS AT- FITTING. LITTLE DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.

  • Deposit

    6) WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR FORMS CRYSTALLINE BUNCHES IN FE & MN-STAINED CALCITE VEIN AND SMALL ISOLATED LENSES.ALONG CONTACT OF VEIN AND LIMESTONE. CINNABAR ALSO COATS THE SHEARED WALLS OF THE VEIN. SOME PIECES OF THE ORE ARE RETORT GRADE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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