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Alpine Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Manganese, Molybdenum
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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. Production statistics
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045075
MRDS ID M232734
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Mine
Alternate or previous names Porvenir Mine, O'Leary's and Lee's Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28929, 41.19517 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 40 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 042E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC 6; HEAD OF SUMMER CAMP CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Cordierite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching; Silication

Analytical data

Result 0.4 TO 0.5% WO3 UP TO 1.0% WO3. SAMPLE 2615 OF COARSE-GRAINED GARNET SKARN WITH VERY FINE-GRAINED SCHEELITE, CLOTS AND PATCHES OF TREMOLITE, SOM-E QUARTZ AND CALCITE, CONTAINS 20 % FE, 1 % MG, 20 % CA, 0.7 %- TI, +5000 PPM MN, 50 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 7 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, -50 PPM SN, 200 PPM V, 300 PPM W.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Preble Formation
    Rock description Preble Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28929, 41.19517
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Wnw-Trending Faults; Plunging Overturned Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TABULAR LENSES
    Strike N30W
    Dip E
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite At Granodiorite Contact With Sedimentary Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • OREBODIES WERE TABULAR LENSES PARALLEL TO GRANODIORITE CONTACT FOR APPROX. 1300 FT., 3 TO 20 FT. THICK. THE SOUTH PIT TACTITE BODY OCCURS WHERE THE CONTACT MAKES A RIGHT-ANGLE BEND, FORMING A TROUGH. SEVERAL LENGTHS OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCUR NORTH OF THE OLD ALPINE MINE AREA. LITTLE OR NO TACTITE OCCURS WHERE THE BEDDING PARALLELS THE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Getchell Mine, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Getchell Mine Inc.; Mr. W. C. Rigg Of Winnemucca
    First year 1943

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Averaged About 0.5 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct
  • Year 1943
    Period 1943-Present
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 0.5 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Period 1943-1957
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 0.5 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN PITS ON WESTERN CONTACT, ADITS (CAVED) BELOW,SEVERAL CUTS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY OPERATED FROM 1943 TO 1945, WAS IDLE FROM 1945-1950. GETCHELL BEGAN OPERATING IN 1950 UNITL 1954.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT CO, NEV: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER. 431

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV, UNIV. NEV. BULL. V. 40, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 44.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.F., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GETCHELL PROJECT, ON FILE AT NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 6 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION ANDSAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 136, ITEM 19- UNPUB USBM DATA ON ALPINE MINE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY OPERATED IN 1943, WAS IDLE FROM 1945 TO 1950. GETCHELL BEGAN OPERATING HERE IN 1950, AND THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE AGAIN BY 1954. MOST PRODUCTION WAS FROM 2 PITS AT N. AND S. ENDS OF THE PROPERTY. RECENT EXPLORATION (UP TO 1978) HAS DEMONSTRATED LITTLE POTENTIAL HERE FOR ADDITIONAL MINEARAL OREBODIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit GARNET-DIOPSIDE-WOLLASTONITE SKARN FORMED IN PREBLE LIMESTONE ON WESTERN SIDE OF NORTHERN LOBE OF OSGOOD GRANODIOR-ITE. LIMESTONE SECTION HERE IS ON W SIDE OF ANTICLINORIUM OF O-SGOOD MTS; SEDIMENTS DIP TO EAST WHILE CONTACT ZONE DIPS TO WE-ST. LARGE MASSES OF SILICATED ROCK OCCUR ALONG THE N-S STRIKIN-G CONTACT ZONE (EXPOSED ON WEST SIDE OF RANGE). IRREGULAR LENS-ES AND PODS OF GARNET TACTITE OCCUR WITHIN THE SILICATED ROCKS-. IN THE ALPINE PIT, TACTITE IS MAINLY COMPOSED OF EUHEDRAL MA-SSES OF DARK BROWN GARNET; SCHEELITE IS FINE-GRAINED AND VERY -SPARSE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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