USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Alps Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Mining district
- Pioche District District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Highland Thrust Plate, Major Nw Trending Normal Faults Thrust Fault And Faults Cutting Off Ore And Yuba Dike. Alteration: Sericitic Alteration Of Yuba Dike. Commodity: Unusually high gold content for pioche ore Deposit: Ore body faulted o…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 24 shaft symbols
- 4 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Alps Mining Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Jarosite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Galena
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
View all 18 reported minerals
- Jarosite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Galena
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Granite
- Jarosite
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Quartzite
- Shale
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (24)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 57669
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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