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UPDATE Fall 2010: apparently the mine has been closed.
[[Image:Royal Rainbow Opal Mine view.jpg|frame|View from Royal Rainbow Opal Mine, looking southeast towards Black Rock Point]]
[[Image:Royal Rainbow Opal Mine view.jpg|frame|View from Royal Rainbow Opal Mine, looking southeast towards Black Rock Point]]


The Royal Rainbow Opal Mine is open most days of the year,
The Royal Rainbow Opal Mine located on private land, 13 miles north of Gerlach Nevada on Highway 34, then
13 miles north of Gerlach Nevada on Highway 34, then
35 miles north on Soldier Meadow road in the [[Calico Hills]].
35 miles north on Soldier Meadow road.


(Inquire at Bruno's bar or the Gerlach Museum before heading out)
(Inquire at [[Bruno's]] Bar or the Gerlach Museum before heading out)


Accessible by 2wd year-round, but 4x4 is required to drive the ~0.9 miles
Accessible by 2wd year-round, but 4x4 is required to drive the ~0.9 miles
to the mine site, ~500 feet up
to the mine site, ~500 feet up.


* http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=12&Z=11&X=396&Y=5708&W=2
In 2002, Elselil Philipps ran the mine<ref>Mark Vanderhoff, "[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rdr713&id=I257 Finding opals in the rough]," Reno Gazette-Journal, 11-Sep-2002</ref>.


* http://www.holeystones.com/mining/gerlach.html
== References==
<references/>


* http://treasurehunting.today.com/2008/08/05/royal-rainbow-opal-mine-in-black-rock-desert/
== Resources ==


* http://treasurehunting.today.com/2008/08/06/royal-rainbow-opal-mine-photos/
* [http://www.holeystones.com/mining/gerlach.html Early 2000's visit] (holeystones.com)
* [http://treasurehunting.today.com/2008/08/05/royal-rainbow-opal-mine-in-black-rock-desert/ August 5, 2008] (treasurehunting.today.com, dead link, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20100414111451/http://treasurehunting.today.com/2008/08/06/royal-rainbow-opal-mine-photos/ archive.org] for text)
* [http://treasurehunting.today.com/2008/08/06/royal-rainbow-opal-mine-photos/ August 6, 2008 Photos] (treasurehunting.today.com, dead link, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20080807070457/http://treasurehunting.today.com/2008/08/06/royal-rainbow-opal-mine-photos/ archive.org] for text)
* Stephen B. Castor, Gregory C. Ferdock, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=flAhr0MbxM8C&pg=PA76&dq=%22royal+rainbow+mine Minerals of Nevada]," Issue 31, p. 76, 2004.  The Royal Rainbow Opal Mine is located several km north of the [[Little Joe Mine]].


* http://books.google.com/books?id=flAhr0MbxM8C&pg=PA76&dq=%22royal+rainbow+mine
[[Category:Calico Hills]]
[[Category:Mines]]

Revision as of 17:05, 16 February 2015

UPDATE Fall 2010: apparently the mine has been closed.

View from Royal Rainbow Opal Mine, looking southeast towards Black Rock Point

The Royal Rainbow Opal Mine located on private land, 13 miles north of Gerlach Nevada on Highway 34, then 35 miles north on Soldier Meadow road in the Calico Hills.

(Inquire at Bruno's Bar or the Gerlach Museum before heading out)

Accessible by 2wd year-round, but 4x4 is required to drive the ~0.9 miles to the mine site, ~500 feet up.

In 2002, Elselil Philipps ran the mine[1].

References

  1. Mark Vanderhoff, "Finding opals in the rough," Reno Gazette-Journal, 11-Sep-2002

Resources