Adelaide Mine

The Adelaide Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Adelaide Mine
Secondary: Adelaide
Secondary: Adelaide-Star Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Gold Run 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

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Icarus Exploration Co.
Company ID: 2601647
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1989

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1356, 1973, P.31-32

Reference (Deposit): NEV.BUR.OF MINES BULL.59, 1964,P.129

Reference (Deposit): GSA SPEC. PAPER 72,1962, PT2

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 610, 1968, P.181

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1989, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1988, P. 36.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 46.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I -

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 89.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6995, 1938, P. 23-27.

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.