Telluride Mine

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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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

Name: Telluride Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.