The Unnamed Adit is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,870 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,870 Feet (2,094 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.90389, -114.05389
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Unnamed Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Adit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Slight
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES ASSAYED A TRACE AU AND 0.1 OZ/T AG
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADIT DRIVEN TO WEST WITH 200 FT OF WORKINGS. WORKINGS FOLLOW VEIN TO SOUTH FOR 70 FT AND THEN TURN SHARPLY NW FOR 20 FT. FROM THE PORTAL, THE WORKINGS EXTEND 95 FT W. PORTAL PARTIALLY CAVED.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CROSSCUT THE MAIN 7-FT WIDE VEIN IN A PORTAL, AS WELL AS 4 SMALLER VEINS CONTAINING QUARTZ, CALCITE AND LIMONITE.
Comment (Location): 1000 FT S OF THE CHARLEY ROSS MINE IN THE BOTTOM OF A GULLY
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 41, 47
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.
