Mine detail: Alpha Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.8624, -115.41341

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Electrum, Gold, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Jarbidge Rhyolite
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Jarbidge Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Crater Range
Alteration processes:	Devitrification & Silicification

References

MRDS	M232953
DEP	10045257
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL. 741.}{Deposit:: GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL. & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV, NBM BULL. 54.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A REOCNNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV. USGS BULL. 497.}{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M. (1969) MINERAL RES. OF ELKS CO, NEV., USGS OFR 1976-56.}
Reporter	Depta, Mary J.