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Alpine Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198284
MRDS ID D001182
MAS/MILS ID 0320270004
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Mine
Alternate or previous names Pershing Tungsten Mine, Meyer Tungsten Property, Alpine
Related records 10008788

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.2399, 40.03299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(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 025 N 024 E 13 SWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.2399, 40.03299
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Nightingale

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leopold Meyer
    Home office California
    Year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner Rare Metals Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1988
    First year 1943
    Last year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 89, 1977, P. 75.

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 43, 1945, P. 155.

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 1932, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 44, 1946, P. 25-26.

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 180-

  • Deposit

    181.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1993, USBM MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS.

  • Deposit

    LUTSEY AND NICHOLS, 1972.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-94 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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