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Adelaide Crown Mines

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043964
MRDS ID M231274
Record type Site
Current site name Adelaide Crown Mines
Alternate or previous names Crown Mine
Related records 10310487

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52735, 40.811 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 12 MILES SOUTH OF GOLCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adelaide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N}034N}034N 040E}039E}039E 19}13}24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MINES ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF LAYSON CREEK SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF ADELAIDE TOWNSITE; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1983 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Preble Formation;Sonoma Range Or Valmy Formation;Sonoma Range Or Valmy Formation;Preble
    Rock description Preble Formation;Sonoma Range Or Valmy Formation;Sonoma Range Or Valmy Formation;Preble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.52735, 40.811
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults, N-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 131.06M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-Trending Fault Zone Containing Crown Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Gold Run (Adelaide) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner A. Reno Group
    First year 1933
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. P. Hammon ; E. F. Knudsen, ; A Reno Group
    First year 1920
    Last year 1925

Comments on the production information

  • GROSS YIELD $73116

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2438.4M
    Overall depth 131.06M

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 59

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION NOTES: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., ANCARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940): NBMG BULL. 38

  • Production

    COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE MINERALIZED WITH GOLD AND SILVER VALUES IN A BRECCIATED, IRON-STAINED, MN-STAINED QUARTZ GANGUE.
Deposit ALTHOUGH IT WAS LOCATED MUCH EARLIER, LITTLE WORK WAS DONE UNTIL 1920 WHEN W. P. HAMMON INTERESTS DEVELOPED IT. IT WAS ACQUIRED IN 1925 BY E. F. KNUDSEN, AND IN 1933 BY A RENO GROUP. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SHAFTS, UP TO 430 FEET DEEP, DEVERAL ADITS, UP TO 600 FEET DEEP, AND OTHER WORKINGS TOTALLING ABOUT 8000 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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