Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold
TertiaryCopper, Zinc, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSTRATIFORM,PODS, LENSES
Ore controlBedding Plane Faults;Contact Of Dikes,Plutons;Brecciated Zone;Intersection Of Ne-Trending Shears And A Lower Magnitude Nw-Trending Fault System.
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockSchist
Associated rockLamprophyre,Granite · Lone Mountain Pluton
StructureLow Angle Faults; Thrust Fault; Nnw-Trending Folds
AlterationSilication
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1903
Last production1908
Identification
Deposit ID10047204
MRDS IDM242466
Alternate namesPatented 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., NBMG Sample Site 2006
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.03327, -117.56092
References
SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS PP 55.ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.BONHAM, H.F. JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, NBMG BULL 92, P.132-133.TINGLEY, J.V., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4/29/83.PHARISS, E.I., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ALPINE MINING DISTRICT, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: MS. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, P. 88-98NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 83-12, 1983.