The Adelaide Crown Mines is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.81111, -117.52639
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Adelaide Crown Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Adelaide Crown Mines
Secondary: Crown Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Gold Run (Adelaide) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. P. Hammon ; E. F. Knudsen, ; A Reno Group
Years: 1920 - 1925
Owner Name: A. Reno Group
Years: 1933 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults, N-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): INACTIVE IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE MINERALIZED WITH GOLD AND SILVER VALUES IN A BRECCIATED, IRON-STAINED, MN-STAINED QUARTZ GANGUE.
Comment (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
Comment (Location): MINES ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF LAYSON CREEK SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF ADELAIDE TOWNSITE; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1983 EDITION
Comment (Production): GROSS YIELD $73116
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 59
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION NOTES: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., ANCARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940): NBMG BULL. 38
Reference (Production): COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
