Alpine Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256534
MRDS ID M055271
MAS/MILS ID 0320270356
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Mine
Related records 10040469

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.09597, 40.2271 (WGS84)
Elevation 1969
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

Fisher Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 027 N 035 E 07 E2SWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.09597, 40.2271

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Springs District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL.41 1944,P 177

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8252,1965 P 244

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY N NEVADA & NW UTAH SOUTHERN PACIFIC

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL.89,1977 PL 2A

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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