Adamson Mine

The Adamson Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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

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Site Name

Primary: Adamson Mine
Secondary: A and T Mine
Secondary: Golden West Group
Secondary: Wannack Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Winnemucca

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strongly Altered Shale

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1/3 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: TRACE AU

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): W. SLOPE WINNEMUCCA MTN.

Comment (Production): $8000 WORTH IN 1911; 31 TONS ORE WORTH $5711 FROM 1911-1912; AND DUMP MATERIAL SHIPPED SINCE THEN.

Comment (Development): CLAIMS RELOCATED BY J. F. SPRINGER IN 1937.

Comment (Deposit): 1000 FT. LONG BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. WIDE; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: COMSTOCK EPITHERMAL VEIN.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: GOLD OCCURS IN DRUSY QUARTZ CEMENTING BRECCIATED SHALE. CINNABAR OCCURS IN BRECCIATED ZONES CEMENTED WITH BANDED CALCITE.

Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS WERE LOCATED BY J. F. SPRINGER IN 1937 IN A PREVIOUSLY STAKED AREA (STAKED PRIOR TO 1911). LINDGREN REPORTS A PRODUCTION OF $8000 FROM RICH ORE IN 1911. COUCH AND CARPENTER REPORT A PRODUCTION OF 31 TONS ORE YIELDING $5711 FOR 1911-1912. THE MATERIAL FROM THE OLD DUMPS HAS BEEN SHIPPED SINCE THEN, WITH NO RECORD OF THEIR RETURNS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 601.

Reference (Production): LINDGREN, W., 1915

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6995

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., MULLER, S. W., AND ROBERTS, R. J., GEOLOGY OF THE WINNEMUCCA QUAD; NEV: G.Q.-11

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.