| 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: | -117.95987, 41.28544 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1554 |
| Relative position | 30 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 039N | 036E | 05 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Result | SAMPLE 2386 OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON THE DUMPS. |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| (1) | -117.95987, 41.28544 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Strike | N15W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 40W |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Awakening District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Currently Leased To Dallas Church And Partner Who Are Preparing To Open The Mine, Actively Working ( |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232593 |
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIR., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS, HUMBOLDT CO., NEVADA
CALKINS, F.C., 1938, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SLUMBERING HILLS, NEV; U OF NEV. BULL., VOC. 32, NO. 3
WILLDEN, RONALD, 1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEPS. OF HUMBOLDT CO., NV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 8-14-84
QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 6-11-85
| 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 |
| 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 |
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