The Ada H is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,451 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,451 Feet (2,271 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.54861, -114.86139
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Ada H MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ada H
Secondary: Spruce Standard
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Spruce Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sprucemont Co.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Discovery Year: 1927
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STOCKWORK IN FAULT INTERSECTION
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Location): E OF SPRUCE STANDARD MINE, W SLOPE
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS BETWEEN $5000 AND $100,000, INCLUDING SOME GOLD.
Comment (Development): MINE WAS OPERATED IN 1930-31 BY THE SPRUCE STANDARD MINE OPERATING CO. (THE SPRUCEMONT CO.). MAPPING ACTIVITY WAS UNDER WAY BY AMAX CORP, DENVER, COLO, IN 1980.
Comment (Deposit): 2 MINERALIZED FISSURES THAT INTERSECT AND FORM A STOCKWORK 1800 FT. LONG.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): MASSIVE JASPEROID W/HERMATITE, CERRUSSITE, BACCIATED QTZITE A-COM W/SILICA
Comment (Deposit): THE ADAH MINE, LOCATED ABOUT 1/2 MILE ESE OF SPRUCE STANDARD MINE AT SPRUCEMONT, IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT. THE ORE IS DEVELOPED ALONG 2 MINERALIZED FISSURES THAT INTERSECT AND FORM A STOCK WORK 1,800 FT LONG. THE MINE WAS OPERATED IN 1930-31 BY THE SPRUCE STANDARD MINE OPERATING CO.-THE SPRUCEMONT CO. THE ADA-H M. CO. WAS TAKEN OVER ALONG WITH THE PARAMONT M. CO. BY THE 1927-28 NEWLY FORMED SPRUCE STANDARD MINING CO. ACTIVITY AT TIME OF FIELD VISIT WAS MAPPING BY AMAX CORP., DENVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): FIELD EXAM BY J.U. TINGLEY, NBMG, 7/24/80
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U. OF N. BULL. VOL. XXV, NO. 7, U. OF W. RENO, NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): MINES REGISTER 1937
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., (1931) P.24.
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.
