Alpine Eagle Mine

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum
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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097301
MRDS ID M242465
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Paul 1, Paul 2 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54203, 38.02827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890

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 1314 PROJECTED FROM NORTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication, Jasperiod Formation

Analytical data

Result 22 OZ/T AG, 0.55 OZ/T AU ASSAYS (PHARISS, P.102)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    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
    Rock description Reed

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.54203, 38.02827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Plane Faults; Low Angle Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike NE (VEINS); N30W (ZONE)
    Dip 18 SW (ZONE)
  • Dip 18 SW (ZONE)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Bedding Plane Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District; Alpine District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, BULL DOZER WORK, WAGON DRILLING, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • IN OCT 1979 THE PROPERTY WAS BEING EXPLORED; SOME NEW CAT WORK AND DRILLING WAS IN PROGRESS (ON A SMALL SCALE). A D-C CAT, COMPRESSOR, AND WAGON DRILL WERE ON THE PROPERTY AT THAT TIME

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, P. 101-103

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION, OCTOBER, 1979.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 83-12, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN NE-TRENDING VEINS OF DARK JASPEROID. SULFIDE-BEARING QUARTZ ENCOUNTERED ABOUT 30 FT BELOW SURFACE. DEPOSIT IS FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF DOLOMITE NEAR IGNEOUS CONTACT. SOME ORE OCCURS ALONG MYLONITIZED BEDDING PLANES.

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

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