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Adelaide Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014368
MRDS ID D011109
Record type Site
Current site name Adelaide Mine
Alternate or previous names Adelaide-Star Mines, Adelaide Prospect, Roadside Mine, Road Side, Nbmg Sample Site 2301

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49429, 40.80461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 12 MILES SOUTH OF GOLCONDA ON IMPROVED DIRT ROAD (1984).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldrun Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 34N 40E 20 NW OF NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SITE CONSISTS OF SIX PATENTED CLAIMS. LOCATED ON EAST FLANK OF SONOMA RANGE. THE ORIGINAL ADELAIDE MINE IS SOUTH OF GOLDRUN CREEK. THE MINE LABELED 'ADELAIDE' ON GOLDRUN (1981-PHOTO REVISED) TOPOGRAPHIC MAP IS ACTUALLY THE ROADSIDE OREBODY, AN EXTENSION OF THE ADELAIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGE 3% CU. SAMPLE 2301 OF MASSIVE SULFIDE MATERIAL FROM THE DUMP OF THE ROADSIDE MINE ADIT CONTAINS 15 % FE, 5 % MG, +20+ % CA, 0.3 % TI, 5000 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 5000+ PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM BI, 200 PPM CO, 70 PPM CR, 2000+ PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 50 PPM MO, 100 PPM NI, 2000 PPM PB, 20 PPM SC, 30 PPM SN, 700 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 3000 PPM ZN, 150 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.49429, 40.80461
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N
    Dip N20E, 75SE
    Length 1828.8M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE CONSISTS OF CHALCOPYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, AND A LITTLE SPHALERITE AND GALENA IN A GANGUE OF CALCITE, GARNET, AND VESUVIANTE. THESE REPLACEMENT-TYPE BODIES OCCUR IN A LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH A DARK CALCAREOUS PHYLLITE. TRACES OF SCHEELITE HAVE BEEN NOTED IN THE MINE WASTE DUMPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1867
Year of last production 1981

Mining district

District name Gold Run District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bullion Mining Co. 980) And M And B Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner M And B Mining Co.
    Home office Po Box 93, Austin, Nv. 89310
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • GROSS YIELD: $11949

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT 300 FEET DEEP ON SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK, AND ADIT 2000 FEET LONG ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CREEK AND ABOUT 1 MILE OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED FROM 1860S TO 1940 AND YIELDED THE MAJOR PON OF THE GOLD, SILVER, COPPER AND LEAD PRODUCED IN THE DISTRICT. GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER PRODUCTION BEGAN AGAIN IN 1980, WITH BULLION MONARCH CO. OWNING A 50% INTEREST IN M.ANDB. MINING CO. IN OCTOBER 1980, ABOUT 1000 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEMINED, STOCKPILED AND READIED FOR DELIVERY TO MONARCH'S 200 TPD FLOTATION MILL AT AUSTIN. INACTIVE IN 1984 (GARSIDE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    GARSIDE (1984)

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MARSH, S. P. AND ERICKSON, R. L., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLD RUN CREEK QUAD: USGS MAP GQ-1407.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA: USGS BULL. 414.

  • Deposit

    RALPH, J, (NO DATE), UNPUBLISHED REPORT: NBMG DISTRICT FILES (129, ITEM 2).

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 75-76.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940): NBMG BULL. 38, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    BERGER, B.R., 1975, REPORT OF PROPERTY EXAMINATION, ADELAIDE MINE: CONTINENTAL OIL CO. - MINERALS DEPARTMENT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGELY) FILE.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD INVESTIGATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT (TINGLEY) FILES.

  • Production

    COUCH AND CARPENTER (1943); WILLDEN (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE REPLACEMENT OF MARBLE AND CALCAREOUS SILTSTONE. THE IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT OBSERVED IN THE TRENCH ABOVE THE ADIT APPEARS TO FOLLOW 'TRANSPOSED BEDDING,' (ROCKS ARE ISOCLINALLY FOLDED), ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NORTH-TRENDING HIGH-ANGLE (75W) FAULTS THAT MAY INFLUENCE LOCALIZATION OF SULFIDES AND LOW-ANGLE THRUST FAULTS ALSO APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. ROCKS TO THE EAST OF THE REPLACED UNITS ARE HARD, LAMINATED SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE. THE CARBONATE-BEARING ROCKS ARE CONVERTED TO CALCSILICATE ROCKS CONTAINING A LIGHT BROWN GARNET. VESUVIANITE IS REPORTED, AS IS SCHEELITE IN THE MINE WASTE DUMPS, ALTHOUGH NO SCHEELITE WAS OBSERVED UNDER BLACK LIGHT IN THE COLLECTED SAMPLE 2301.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M231276, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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