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Adams Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046704
MRDS ID M241903
Record type Site
Current site name Adams Mine
Alternate or previous names Reorganized Cracker Jack Mining Co. After 1916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21813, 37.73995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1698
Relative position ABOUT 0.4 MILE EAST OF THE SANDSTORM MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 042E 25 N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.0 AIRMILE N40W FROM PEAK OF VINDICATOR MOUNTAIN 5 PATENTED CLAIMS, 80 ACRES . UTM IS TO SHAFT LOCATED ON THE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Sandstorm Rhyolite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Sandstorm Rhyolite;Morena Rhyolite
    Rock description Sandstorm Rhyolite;Morena Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Columbia Mountain Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Adams Goldfield Mining Co.
    First year 1916
  • Type Owner
    Owner Reorganized Cracker Jack Mining Co.
    First year 1916

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION ABOUT 1904-1905.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 134.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR WORKINGS LESS THAN 100 FT DEEP IN 1905. IDLE IN 1908. IN 1922, 320 FT SHAFT WITH WINZE TO 440 FT LEVEL AND CONSIDERABLE LATERAL WORKINGS OF WHICH SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET WERE COMPLETED IN 1919 AND UP TO SUMMER OF 1920 WHEN WORK WAS DISCONTINUED.

Comments on development

  • IDLE IN 1908; PROPERTY PURCHASED IN 1916 BY REORGANIZED CRACKER JACK MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 239

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33 P. 77-86

  • Deposit

    TYSSOWSKI, JOHN, 1909, GOLDFIELD AND THE GOLDFIELD DISTRICT OF NEVADA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. VOL-87, JAN-JUN. P. 1229-1231. (DETAILED CLAIM MAP OF DISTRICT)

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1312-1313

  • Production

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 239.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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