The Adams Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,571 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,571 Feet (1,698 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.74, -117.21722
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Adams Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Adams Mine
Secondary: Reorganized Cracker Jack Mining Co. After 1916
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Adams Goldfield Mining Co.
Years: 1916 -
Owner Name: Reorganized Cracker Jack Mining Co.
Years: 1916 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Columbia Mountain Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Alteration Of Sandstorm Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION ABOUT 1904-1905.
Comment (Development): IDLE IN 1908; PROPERTY PURCHASED IN 1916 BY REORGANIZED CRACKER JACK MINING CO.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Location): 1.0 AIRMILE N40W FROM PEAK OF VINDICATOR MOUNTAIN 5 PATENTED CLAIMS, 80 ACRES . UTM IS TO SHAFT LOCATED ON THE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): IRREGULAR WORKINGS LESS THAN 100 FT DEEP IN 1905. IDLE IN 1908. IN 1922, 320 FT SHAFT WITH WINZE TO 440 FT LEVEL AND CONSIDERABLE LATERAL WORKINGS OF WHICH SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET WERE COMPLETED IN 1919 AND UP TO SUMMER OF 1920 WHEN WORK WAS DISCONTINUED.
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 239
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33 P. 77-86
Reference (Deposit): TYSSOWSKI, JOHN, 1909, GOLDFIELD AND THE GOLDFIELD DISTRICT OF NEVADA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. VOL-87, JAN-JUN. P. 1229-1231. (DETAILED CLAIM MAP OF DISTRICT)
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1312-1313
Reference (Production): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 239.
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.
