Northern Alpine Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047215
MRDS ID M242481
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Alpine Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5562, 38.0355 (WGS84)
Relative position 1500 FT NE OF THE ALPINE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 039E 11 PROJECTED FROM NORTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF GALENA RAN 5.8 OZ/T AG, .21 OZ/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Reed Dolomite
    Rock description Reed Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5562, 38.0355

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR,LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Stratigraphic Position; Bedding Plane Shear

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT 180FT LONG, WITH 2 SHORT LATERALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHARISS,E.I., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ALPINE DISTRICT, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    SPURR,J.E., 1906, USGS P.P. 55.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL. 78.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS ON TREND WITH THE SHEAR THAT INTRODUCED MINERALIZATION AT THE ALPINE MINE. ADIT GOES IN ON A 2FT THICK QUARTZ LENS CONTAINING 5% GALENA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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