The Tallulah Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,774 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,774 Feet (1,760 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.75222, -117.95500
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Tallulah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tallulah Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2665
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Sierra 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1865
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
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): TALLULAH WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST SILVER MINES DEVELOPED AND WORKED IN THE DISTRICTNO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985.
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED WHITE QUARTZ VEIN CUTS SHALE AND LIMESTONE; VEIN STRIKES N50E, DIPS 60-70 NW; VEIN HAS QUARTZ RUBBLE AL-ONG ITS WALLS, CONTAIN INCLUSIONS OF WALL ROCK. WHERE EXPOSED -IN ROADCUT ABOVE LOWER ADIT, THE VEIN IS 2-3 FT WIDE. VEIN QUA-RTZ FROM THE LARGEST DUMP CONTAINS CLOTS OF TETRAHEDRITE, SPHA-LERITE, GALENA AND EUHEDRAL TO SUBHEDRAL PYRITE CUBES UP TO 0.-5 INCH ON A SIDE. THE GALENA AND SPHALERITE APPEAR TO HAVE FOR-MED AROUND THE MARGINS OF THE PYRITE.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS WHICH CROSSCUT INTO VEIN, CUTS, PROSPECT PITS, RUINS OF SMALL MILL IN THE CANYON BELOW LOWER ADIT.
Comment (Geology): CONTAINED RICH ANTIMONIAL SILVER ORES.
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS MINES AND PROSPECTS WERE LOCATED AND WORKED IN DISTRICT DURING THE PERIOD 1862-80. THE TALLULAH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DEVELOPED AND EARLIEST WORKED SILVER MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): WHITEHILL, 1873, BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST FOR YEARS 1871 & 1872: CARSON CITY, NEV. STATE PRINTER
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 18 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977.
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.
