Gold Run-Adelaide

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001707
MRDS ID W016348
Record type District
Current site name Gold Run-Adelaide

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.51766, 40.78319 (WGS84)
Relative position IN BILL MAJOR CANYON

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

Commodities

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

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.51766, 40.78319

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name THRUST FAULTING
Structure description THRUST FAULTS, N-TRENDING FAULT ZONE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6995.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WINNEMUCCA QUAD, PERSHING AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES NEVADA: USGS MAGQ-656.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT OVUNTY NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 414.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.