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Alpine Mine

Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. General comments
  25. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109803
MRDS ID M242684
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2860, Olag, Olga, Tony, Percy, Victory, National,Summit Claims, Meyer Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.22933, 40.0335 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Relative position AT CREST AND DOWN WEST FLANK OF NIGHTINGALE RANGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 024E 13,14,24 SW (13); SE (14); NW (24) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO MAIN WORKING SHOWN ON TOPO; CLAIMS COVER A LARGER AREA. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2860 FROM OPEN STOPE AND DUMPS CONTAINS 10% FE, 1% MG, 15% CA, 0.15% TI, 5000 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 1 PPM BE, 700 PPM BI, 30 PPM CR, 200 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 1000 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 1000 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.

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
    Rock unit name Nightingale Batholith
    Rock description Nightingale Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Mineral Faults Of Small Displacement Underground And On The Surface

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone Adjacent To Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921
Discoverer E.W. Dingee And Ewing Smoot-Original Locaters In 1921

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gould, J. L. "Pat"

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Obtained 564000 Lb Concentrate Containing 70% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 70wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.7 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEEL, C.P., 1977?

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 48.77M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT PARTIALLY FILLED WITH SLUMPED MATERIAL, FROM WHICH HEADINGS WERE DRIVEN ALONG BEDDED ORE. ACCESS IS VIA A SHORT CROSSCUT ADIT OPENING TO A MAZE OF UNDERGROUND GOPHER HOLES AND A 160-FT DEEP DRY INCLCLINED SHAFT. THE LOWEST LEVEL, AT ABOUT 120 FT BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT IS A SHORT CROSSCUT AND DRIFT PERHAPS 30 FT COMBINED. ORE WAS APPARENTLY HANDLED SEVERAL TIMES AND BUCKET-HOISTED ON A TIMBER SLIDE. MOST WORKINGS GLORY-HOLED TO SURFACE (1984). NEW ROADS IN 1984, AND IT APPEARED THAT THERE WERE PLANS FOR MORE ACTIVITY, INCLUDING DRILLING (?)

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY ACQUIRED IN 1943 BY RARE METAL, INC (RARE METALS CORP. OF SONORA, CA). 1975-76 ASSESSMENT WORK WAS FILED BY WOLFRAM CO. THE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO APPEARS TO BE JOHN HEIZER, P. O. BOX 36, RENO, NV, WHO FILED THE ALPINE CLAIM IN 1972 AND WHO IS REPORTED TO BE A PART OWNER OF THE WOLFRAM CO. AND POSSIBLY OF RARE METALS CORP. AN ACCESS ROAD WAS BUILT TO THE PROPERTY IN 1943 WITH GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. OPERATED BY RARE METALS CORP 1943-46 WITH THE ORE GOING TO THE TOULON MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEEL, CHARLES P., 1977, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE ALPINE MINE, PERSHING CO., NV.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    STAGER, M.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS ONLY IN THE TACTITE, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AT THE IGNEOUS CONTACT AND ALONG CERTAIN FAVORABLE BEDS WHICH WERE METASOMATIZED FOR AN UNKNOWN DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE IGNEOUS CONTACT 200 FT. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION IS BEST IN THE HIGH QUARTZ-GARNET TACITE AND OCCURS AS FINELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS FROM B-B SIZE TO OCCASIONAAL ONE-INCH CRYSTALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 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

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