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Alberto Mine

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149865
MAS/MILS ID 0320090332
Record type Site
Current site name Alberto Mine
Alternate or previous names Tonopah Hasbrouck, Tonopah Hasbouck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.27012, 37.99134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1735
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondike(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 042 E 33 SWSESE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 8 KM SW OF TONOPAH. DOMAIN IS BLM ADMINISTERED AND PRIVATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Electrum Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.27012, 37.99134
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 15000M
    Depth to top 90M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 850814

Comments on the geologic information

  • LINE ONE OF LITHOLOGY IS A RHYOLITIC TUFF CONTAINING DISSEMINATED AU. LINE TWO OF LITHOLOGY IS DACITE AND RHYOLITE BRECCIA. LINE THREE OF LITHOLOGY IS A VOLCANICLASTIC CUT BY ORE VEINS AND BELOW DISSEMINATED AU.
  • GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. OTHER TYPES OF WALL ROCK ALTERATION ARE BY OXIDATION AND POTASSIC PROPYLITIC ZONES AROUND FRACTURES AND FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name Divide District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cordex Exploration Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1984

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 4540000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 51.43 g/mt Silver Trace 1982
    Gold Au 2.06 g/mt Gold Major 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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    7. Albers, J. P., and F. J. Kleinhampl. Spatial

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    Relation of Mineral Deposits to Tertiary Volcanic Centers

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    in Nevada. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 700-C, 1970,

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    pp. C1-C10.

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    8. Albers, J. P., and J. H. Stewart. Geology and

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    Mineral Deposits

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    of Esmeralda County, Nevada. NV Bur. Mines and Geol. Bull.

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    78, 1972, 80 pp.

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    63. Bonham, H. F., Jr., and L. J. Garside. Tonopah

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    Mining District and Vicinity. Guidebook to the Geology of

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    Four Tertiary Volcanic Centers in Central Nevada. NV

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    Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 19, 1974, pp. 42-48.

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    62. Bonham, H. F., Jr., and L. J. Garside. Road Log and

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    Trip Guide, Carver Station - Tonopah District. Guidebook

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    to the Geology of Four Tertiary Volcanic Centers in Central

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    Nevada. NV Bur. Mines and Geol. Rep. 19, 1974, pp. 6-13.

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    64. Bonham, H. F., Jr., and L. J. Garside. Geology of

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    The Tonopah, Lone Mountain, Klondike, and Northern Mud Lake

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    Quadrangles, Nevada. NV Bureau of Mines and Geology

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    Bulletin 92, 1979, 142 pp.

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    65. Bonham, H. F., Jr., and L. J. Garside. Geochemical

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    Reconnaissance of the Tonopah, Lone Mountain, Klondike, and

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    Northern Mud Lake Quadrangles, Nevada. NV Bur. Mines and

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    Geol. Bull. 96, 1982, 68 pp

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    209. Garside, L. J. Road Log/Trip Guide: Sterling Mine,

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    Goldfield District, Hasbrouck Mountain (Divide District),

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    Tonopah District, and Borealis Mine, Field Trip 3, Precious

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    Metal Districts in Southern and Western Nevada. Paper in

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    Exploration for Ore Deposits of the North American

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    Cordillera, Field Trip Guidebook, ed. by J. L. Johnson.

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    Symp. of Assoc. Expl. Geochem., Reno, NV,

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    Mar. 25-28, 1984, pp. FT3 1-31.

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    211. Garside, L. J. Field Examination of Divide Mine and

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    Tonopah Hasbrouck Mines, Esmeralda County, Nevada. NV Bur.

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    Mines and Geol., Mar. 26, 1982, 7 pp; available at NV Bur.

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    Mines and Geol., Reno, NV.

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    224. Grace, K. A. Exploration and Development in 1982.

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    World Min. (Yearbook), v. 36, No. 8, 1983, pp. 60-61.

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    361. Knofp, A. The Divide Silver District, Nevada. U.S.

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    Geol. Surv. Bull. 715-K, 1921, pp. 146-170.

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    377. Lebauer, L. R. Wall Rock Alteration in the Big

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    Divide District, Esmeralda County, Nevada. M.S. Thesis,

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    Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN, 1958, 37 pp.

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    381. Lincoln, F. C. Mining Districts and Mineral

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    Resources of Nevada. NV Newsletter Publ. Co., Reno,

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    NV, 1923, 280 pp.

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    scale 1:62,500.

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    611. Schilling. J. H. The Nevada Mineral Industry. NV

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    Bur. Mines and Geol. Spec. Publ. MI-1983, 1984, 40

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    pp.

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    629. Silberman, M. L., H. F. Bonham, Jr., L. J. Garside,

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    and R. P. Ashley. Timing of Hydrothermal

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    Alteration-Mineralization and Igneous Activity in the

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    Tonopah Mining District and Vicinity, Nye and Esmeralda

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    Counties, Nevada. Paper in Papers on Mineral Deposits of

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    Western North America. NV Bur. Mines and Geol

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    Rep. 33, 1979, pp. 119-126.

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    USGS TOPO SHEET KLONDIKE NEVADA, 1970, 1/24,000:

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    WFOC MINE MAP RESPOSITORY

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    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BUL. 96, 1982, P57.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-SEP-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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