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Adularia from
Ken Snyder Mine (Midas Mine), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:K Feldspar var: Adularia
Formula:KAlSi3O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Adularia data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ken Snyder Mine (Midas Mine), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:279250
Long-form Identifier:1:3:279250:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Adularia
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘMidas Mine (Reco Mine; Big Chief group; King Midas claim; Dixie claim), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘJackson Mine (Big Chief group; King Midas claim; Dixie claim), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘEastern Star Mine (ASARCO Star claims), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘHollister deposit (Ivanhoe/USX; Butte; Velvet; Clementine), Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘTwin Creeks Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘRossi Mine (Sage Hen group), Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
38.2km (23.7 miles) ⓘRiley Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
45.2km (28.1 miles) ⓘRedhouse Barite Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
46.3km (28.8 miles) ⓘModoc claims (Rose Hill #1), Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
48.8km (30.3 miles) ⓘDexter mine (Tuscarora mine), Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
Castor, Stephen B.; Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology 512pp.
Leavitt, E. D., Spell, T. L., Goldstrand, P. M., Arehart, G. B. (2004) Geochronology of the Midas Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, Elko County, Nevada. Economic Geology, 99 (8) 1665-1686 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.8.1665
LEAVITT, Ellen D., (2005) PARAGENESIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS, REES, AND STABLE ISOTOPES OF EPITHERMAL AU-AG VEINS, KEN SNYDER MINE, MIDAS, NEVADA GSA 2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)
Zhao, Qiang; Yuan, Feng; Deng, Yufeng; Li, Xiangling; Li, Xiaohui; Wang, Zhiqiang; Zhang, Mingming; Li, Yue; Zheng, Chaojie; Bao, Hongchen (2025) Mineralization of LS epithermal deposit in intracontinental: Evidence from the mineralogy, metallogenic age, and S-Pb isotopes of the Paodaoling Au deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 187. 106917 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106917
 
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