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[[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 is open most days of the year,
12 miles north of Gerlach Nevada on highway 34, then
12 miles north of Gerlach Nevada on Highway 34, then
35 miles north on Soldier Meadow road.
35 miles north on Soldier Meadow road.


(Inquire at Bruno's Bar, Gerlach, 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 0.8 miles
Accessible by 2wd year-round, but 4x4 is required to drive the ~0.9 miles
to the mine site,  
to the mine site, ~500 feet up


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Revision as of 23:42, 7 October 2008

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

The Royal Rainbow Opal Mine is open most days of the year, 12 miles north of Gerlach Nevada on Highway 34, then 35 miles north on Soldier Meadow road.

(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