Mine detail: Alpine Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2006Patented Claims Alpine Ladd, Alpine Lass, Alpine Tavern Alpine City,Rattler, Rattler 2, Rattler 3, Serpentine Wedge, Plomo, North Star,Perseverance, Evening Star, Hidden Treasure, Morning Star,Alpine Queen, Alpine King, Rattler 4,Fraction Lode Surveyed In 1904.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.03327, -117.56092

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	STRATIFORM,PODS, LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1903
Last production ended:	1908

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Lone Mountain Pluton
Associated type:	Lamprophyre,Granite
Structure:	Low Angle Faults; Thrust Fault; Nnw-Trending Folds
Alteration processes:	Silication

References

MRDS	M242466
DEP	10047204
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS PP 55.}{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F. JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, NBMG BULL 92, P.132-133.}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4/29/83.}{Deposit:: PHARISS, E.I., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ALPINE MINING DISTRICT, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: MS. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, P. 88-98}{Deposit:: NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 83-12, 1983.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)