The Unnamed Adit is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Adit
Secondary: NBMG # 4435
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Mountain House
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Vuggy Limonite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCESS IS LIMITED BY A HUNTING AND FISHING CLUB, AND BY THE PARK SERVICE HANDLING CAMPING AT TOPAZ LAKE.
Comment (Development): UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: UNKNOWN,HOWEVER THERE IS A MILL AND TAILINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.
Comment (Workings): A VERY OLD ADIT NO ROAD AND GREATLY RESTRICTED ACCESS
Comment (Geology): ADIT UNDERCUTS AN OUTCROP OF VUGGY LIMONITE STAINED QUARTZ HOSTED IN META-VOLCANICS. OTHER SIMILAR PROSPECTS OCCUR IN META-SEDIMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MILL.
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNTAIN HOUSE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 7-12-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
