The X-Ray Adit is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,320 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,320 Feet (2,231 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.94806, -114.58667
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X-Ray Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: X-Ray Adit
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1397
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highland 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vertical Shearing In Limestone Nearby.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NBMG SAMPLE 1397 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20% CA, 150 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 50 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS COLLARED IN ALLUVIUM WITH NO STRUCTURE APPARENT AT PORTAL. LIMESTONE IS CUT BY FINE CALCITE VEINLETS WITH ABUNDANT OPEN SPACES AND EXHIBITS LOCALIZED BRECCIATION. BOXWORKS IN LIMESTONE INDICATE FORMER BARITE OR STIBNITE LATHS (OR SOME OTHER ELONGATE MINERAL). LIMESTONE IS SLIGHTLY FOSSILIFEROUS. ADJACENT TO SITE, VERTICAL SHEARING IS EXPOSED IN THE LIMESTONE TRENDING DUE NORTH. SOME QUARTZ VEIN AND GOSSAN MATERIAL WAS OBSERVED IN FLOAT. NO APPARENT MINERALIZED ROCK WAS OBSERVED ON DUMP.
Comment (Workings): ADIT IS LOCATED IN VEIN. SINGLE ADIT, CAVED, AT LEAST 500 FT LONG, FOUNDATION OF OLD RAIL SYSTEM.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S?
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ, C.M. & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, P. 151.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT. 20, 1983.
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.
