The Ada and Edith Claims is a silver and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 36.34417, -115.65722
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Ada and Edith Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ada and Edith Claims
Secondary: J and S Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Charleston
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Thrust Faults And Associated Folds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTAL 550 FEET
Comment (Geology): OXIDIZED PB-AG-ZN REPLACEMENT ORE IN DOLOMITIZED LIMESTONES. GALENA VEIN MINED, PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM KNIFE EDGE TO 14 INCHES.
References
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 144 , 178
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.
