Mine detail: Alice Mine

Previously called 'Yellow Pine Extension MineGreen Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.84417, -115.49501

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Calamine, Galena, Hydrozincite
Discovery year:	1889

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909

Geology

Host rock:	Bird Springs Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated rock:	Granite Porphyry
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Overthrusting, Faults In District Tend To Make A Reticulate Pattern, Folding And Faulting
Tectonic:	Fredrickson Rift Zone & Keystone Thrust Zone

References

MRDS	D000031
DEP	10111397
Reference	{Deposit:: HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 139 .}{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .}{Deposit:: ALBRITTON, C. C., JR., RICHARDS, A., BROKAW, A. L., REINEMUND, J. A., 1954 , GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF PB AND ZN DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT, GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1010 .}
Reporter	Fischer, Richard P., Harner, Joy L.