Nevada · Pershing County
Producer

Alpine Mine

Pershing County, Nevada, United States
TungstenSilverLeadZincMolybdenum
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Description

E.W. Dingee And Ewing Smoot-Original Locaters In 1921

Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondarySilver, Lead
TertiaryZinc, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlTactite Zone Adjacent To Igneous Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Powellite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueGarnet, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Metasedimentary Rock,Slate,Quartzite,Marble,Argillite,Limestone · Auld Lang Syne Group
Associated rockDiorite,Plutonic Rock · Nightingale Batholith
StructurePost-Mineral Faults Of Small Displacement Underground And On The Surface
AlterationSilication
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1921
Identification
Deposit ID10109803
MRDS IDM242684
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site 2860, Olag, Olga, Tony, Percy, Victory, National,Summit Claims, Meyer Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.0335, -119.22933
References
SEEL, CHARLES P., 1977, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE ALPINE MINE, PERSHING CO., NV.JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3STAGER, M.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADAJOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM REPORT.