Mine detail: Alpine Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2860Olag, Olga, Tony, Percy, Victory, National,Summit ClaimsMeyer Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.0335, -119.22933

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Galena, Powellite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Garnet, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1921

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Auld Lang Syne Group
Host type:	Hornfels,Metasedimentary Rock,Slate,Quartzite,Marble,Argillite,Limestone
Associated rock:	Nightingale Batholith
Associated type:	Diorite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Post-Mineral Faults Of Small Displacement Underground And On The Surface
Alteration processes:	Silication

References

MRDS	M242684
DEP	10109803
Reference	{Deposit:: SEEL, CHARLES P., 1977, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE ALPINE MINE, PERSHING CO., NV.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3}{Deposit:: STAGER, M.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA}{Deposit:: JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM REPORT.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)