Alabama Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103999
MRDS ID M232593
Record type Site
Current site name Alabama Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2386, Alhambra Mine?
Related records 10125574

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.95987, 41.28544 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 30 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Awakening Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 039N 036E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR ROAD 3 MILES WEST OF DAVEYTOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2386 OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON THE DUMPS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.95987, 41.28544

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Mod. Regional Deformation. Fold Axes Trend N.S. Axal Planes Dip W.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Crumpling, Folding, Shearing Of Country Rock

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Main Vein Is Along A Thrust Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: GOLD FORMS THIN SCALES ON CLEAVAGE PLANES ADHERING TO QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Awakening District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Currently Leased To Dallas Church And Partner Who Are Preparing To Open The Mine, Actively Working (

Comments on the production information

  • 280,000 TONS ORE FROM DISTRICT, THRU 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT (-38 DEGREES) TRENDS ABOUT DUE WEST. HEADFRAME AND OREBIN STILL INTACT BUT NO EQUIPMENT PRESENT. SHA-FT APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST 200 FT DEEP. ACCORDING TO NBMG BULL -59, TABLE 27, INCLINED SHAFT IS ABOUT 175 FT DEEP WITH SHORT D-RDFTS EVERY 50 FT OR SO.

Comments on development

  • BOTH MR. CHURCH AND HIS PARTNER WERE TREATING ORES FROM THE DUMPS ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE THEIR GRADE, AS WEEL AS -MAKING GENERAL PREPARATIONS TO PUT THE MINE IN PRODUCTION,1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION IN THE DISTRICT WAS SPORADIC FROM 1912 TO 1918 PRODUCTION WAS REVIVED IN 1935 WITH THE DISCOVERY OF THE JUMBO MINE. PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER PEAKED IN THE TE 1930'S AND DWINDLED THROUGH THE 1940'S AND 1950'S FROM 1935-1959, 25, 648 OZ. GOLD WERE PRODUCED GY THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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