The Telluride Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.59417, -117.18194
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Telluride Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Telluride Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
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
Owner Name: Dollar Mining Co., T. Kearns And Assocs.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1910
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Golconda Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: N-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetradymite
Comments
Comment (Location): HEAD OF ROCKY CANYON
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW ADITS AND CUTS
Comment (Geology): VEIN 8-25 FT. WIDE
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED BY J. HUTCHINS IN 1910. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW ADITS AND OPEN CUTS. IN 1911, THE PROPERTY WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE DOLLAR MINING CO. BY T. KEARNS & ASSOC. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B
Reference (Deposit): CUTLER, H.C., 1911, TELLURIDE, NEVADA: MINING & SCI. PRESS, VOL. 102, NO. 25, P. 845
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C. 1965
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.
